Part 1435

<h1>Brutism</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru"tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a brute; extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity.</def>

<h1>Bruting</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru"ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Browsing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Bryological</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bry*o*log"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to bryology; <as>as, <ex>bryological</ex> studies</as>.</def>

<h1>Bryologist</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bry*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in bryology.</def>

<h1>Bryology</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bry*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ moss + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>That part of botany which relates to mosses.</def>

<h1>Bryonin</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bry"o*nin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (<spn>Bryonia alba</spn> and <spn>B. dioica</spn>). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.</def>

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<h1>Bryony</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Bry"o*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bryonia</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to swell, esp. of plants.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus <spn>Bryonia</spn>. The root of <spn>B. alba</spn> (<i>rough</i> or <i>white bryony</i>) and of <spn>B. dioica</spn> is a strong, irritating cathartic.</def>

<cs><col>Black bryony</col>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Tamus communis</spn>) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bryophyta</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Bry*oph"y*ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Cryptogamia</er>.</def>

<h1>Bryozoa</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Bry`o*zo"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ moss + <?/ animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also <altname>Polyzoa</altname>.</def>

<note>&hand; They are often coralike in form and appearance, each small cell containing an individual zooid. Other species grow in delicate, flexible, branched forms, resembling moss, whence the name. Some are found in fresh water, but most are marine. The three principal divisions are <stype><spn>Ectoprocta</spn></stype>, <stype><spn>Entoprocta</spn></stype>, and <stype><spn>Pterobranchia</spn></stype>. See <er>Cyclostoma</er>, <er>Chilostoma</er>, and <er>Phylactolema</er>.</note>

<h1>Bryozoan</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Bry`o*zo"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Bryozoa.</def></def2>

<h1>Bryozoum</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Bry`o*zo"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Bryozoa</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zo\'d2cia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (<spn>Avicularia</spn>, <spn>O\'d2cia</spn>, etc.).</def>

<h1>Buansuah</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Bu`an*su"ah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The wild dog of northern India (<spn>Cuon prim\'91vus</spn>), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog.</def>