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Gym`no*pÊd"ic (-pd"k or - p"dk), a. [Gr. gymno`s naked + pai^s, paido`s, a child.] (Zoˆl.) Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopÊdic; -- said of certain birds.

||Gym`no*phi"o*na (-f"*n), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + ||'ofio`neos serpentlike.] (Zoˆl.) An order of Amphibia, having a long, ||annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.

||Gym`noph*thal"ma*ta (- nf*thl"m*t), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s ||naked + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.] (Zoˆl.) A group of acalephs, including ||the naked-eyed medusÊ; the hydromedusÊ. Most of them are known to be ||the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.

Gym"no*plast (jm"n*plst), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + pla`ssein to shape, mold.] (Biol.) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.

Gym'no*rhi"nal (-r"nal), a. [Gr. gymno`s naked + "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose.] (Zoˆl.) Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds.

||Gym`no*so"ma*ta (-s"m*t or - sm"*t), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s ||naked + sw^ma, sw`matos, the body.] (Zoˆl.) One of the orders of ||Pteropoda. They have no shell.

Gym*nos"o*phist (jm*ns"*fst), n. [Gr. gymnosofisth`s; gymno`s naked + sofisth`s philosopher; cf. F. gymnosophiste.] One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.

Gym*nos"o*phy (-f), n. The doctrines of the Gymnosophists. Good.

Gym"no*sperm (jm"n*sprm), n. (Bot.) A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.

Gym`no*sper"mous (-spr"ms), a. [Gr. gymno`spermos; gymno`s naked + spe`rma seed: cf. F. gymnosperme.] (Bot.) (a) Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel. (b) Belonging to the class of plants consisting of gymnosperms.

||Gym*not"o*ka (jm*nt"*k), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + to`kos ||a bringing forth.] (Zoˆl.) The Athecata.

||Gym*no"tus (jm*n"ts), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + nw^tos the ||back: cf. F. gymnote.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of South American fresh-water ||fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel. It has a ||greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power.

One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like that from the electric blow of the gymnotus.

De Quincey.

Gyn (gn), v. i. To begin. [Obs.] See Gin.

{ ||Gyn`Ê*ce"um (jn`*s"m), ||Gyn`Ê*ci"um (jn`*s"m), } n. [L., fr. Gr. gynaikei^on women's apartments, fr. gynh` a woman.] That part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women. [Written also gyneceum, gynecium.] Tennyson.

Gy*nÊ"cian (j*n"shan), a. The same as Gynecian.

Gy*nÊ"co*phore (j*n"k*fr), n. [Gr. gynaikei^on the women's apartments + fe`rein to bear.] (Zoˆl.) A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some diúcious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of HÊmatozoa.

Gy*nan"der (j*nn"dr), n. [See Gynandrian.] (Bot.) A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.

||Gy*nan"dri*a (-dr*), n. pl. [NL. See Gynandrian.] (Bot.) A class of ||plants in the LinnÊan system, whose stamens grow out of, or are ||united with, the pistil.

{ Gy*nan"dri*an (-an), Gy*nan"drous (- drs), } a. [Gr. gy`nandros of doubtful sex; gynh` a woman + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man: cf. F. gynandre.] (Bot.) Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria.

Gy*nan"dro*morph (-dr*mÙrf), n. (Zoˆl.) An animal affected with gynandromorphism.

Gy*nan`dro*mor"phism (- mÙr"fz'm),n. [Gr. gynh` a woman, female + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man, male + morfh` form.] (Zoˆl.) An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female.

Gy*nan`dro*mor"phous (-fs), a. (Zoˆl.) Affected with gynandromorphism.

Gy*nan"ther*ous (-thr*s), a. [Gr. gynh` a woman + E. anther.] (Bot.) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils. R. Brown.

Gyn"ar*chy (jn"r*k), n. [Gr. gynh` a woman + -archy.] Government by a woman. Chesterfield.

||Gyn`e*ce"um (jn`*s"m), n. See GynÊceum.

Gy*ne"cian (j*n"shan), a. [Gr. gynaikei^os.] Of or relating to women.