Part 769

Bentley.

En"to- (?). [Gr. &?; within, fr. &?; in. See In.] A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast.

En"to*blast (?), n. [Ento- + -blast.] (Biol.) The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.

||En`to*bron"chi*um (?), n.; pl. Entobronchia (#). [See Ento-, and Bronchia.] (Anat.) One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

{ En`to*cu*ne"i*form (?), En`to*cu"ni*form (?), } n. [Ento- + cuneiform, cuniform.] (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

En"to*derm (?), n. [Ento- + Gr. &?; skin.] (Biol.) See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.

{ En`to*der"mal (?), En`to*der"mic (?), } a. (Biol.) Relating to the entoderm.

En`to*gas"tric (?), a. [Ento- + Gr. &?; the stomach.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.

En*tog"e*nous (?), a. [Ento- + -genous.] (Biol.) See Endogenous.

En`to*glos"sal (?), a. [Ento- + Gr. &?; the tongue.] (Anat.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

En*toil" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entoiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entoiling.] To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare. [R.]

Entoiled in woofed phantasies.

Keats.

En*tomb" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entombing.] [Pref. en- + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.] To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. Hooker.

En*tomb"ment (?), n. The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. Barrow.

En"to*mere (?), n. [Ento- + - mere.] (Biol.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

{ En*tom"ic (?), En*tom"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?; insect. See Entomology.] (Zoöl.) Relating to insects; entomological.

En"to*moid (?), a. [Gr. &?; insect + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling an insect. -- n. An object resembling an insect.

En*tom"o*lin (?), n. [Gr. &?; insect.] (Chem.) See Chitin.

En*tom"o*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; insect + -lite.] (Paleon.) A fossil insect.

{ En`to*mo*log"ic (?), En`to*mo*log"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. entomologique.] Of or relating to entomology. -- En`to*mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

En`to*mol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. entomologiste.] One versed in entomology.

En`to*mol"o*gize (?), v. i. To collect specimens in the study of entomology. C. Kingsley.

En`to*mol"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Entomologies (#). [Gr. 'e`ntomon insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr. 'e`ntomos cut in; 'en in + te`mnein to cut) + -logy: cf. F. entomologie. See In, and Tome, and cf. Insect.] 1. That part of zoölogy which treats of insects.

2. A treatise on the science of entomology.

||En`to*moph"a*ga (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ntomon an insect + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoöl.) 1. One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvæ feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2.

2. A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.

3. A group of edentates, including the ant- eaters.