Part 398

<i>Andrews.</i>

<h1>Amphineura</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*neu"ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <?/ + <?/ sinew, nerve.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.</def>

<h1>Amphioxus</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*ox"us</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ + <?/ sharp.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fishlike creature <spn>(Amphioxus lanceolatus)</spn>, two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the <i>lancelet</i>. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebr\'91, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group <spn>Acrania</spn>, <spn>Leptocardia</spn>, etc.</def>

<h1>Amphipneust</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phip"neust</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ one who breathes, <?/ to breathe.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.</def>

<h1>Amphipod</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am"phi*pod</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Amphipoda.</def>

<h1>Amphipod, Amphipodan</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw><hw>Am"phi*pod</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Am*phip"o*dan</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.</def>

<h1>Amphipoda</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phip"o*da</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., FR. Gr. <?/ + <?/, <?/ foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See <er>Tetradecapoda</er> and <er>Arthrostraca</er>.</def>

<h1>Amphipodous</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phip"o*dous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.</def>

<h1>Amphiprostyle</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phip"ro*style</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amphiprostylos</ets>, Gr. <?/ having a double prostyle: cf. F. <ets>amphiprostyle</ets>. See <er>Prostyle</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.</def> -- <tt>n.</tt> <def>An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.</def>

<h1>Amphirhina</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*rhi"na</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ + <?/, <?/, nose.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.</def>

<h1>Amphisb\'91na</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phis*b\'91"na</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ on both ends + <?/ to go.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<note>&hand; The <spn>Gordius aquaticus</spn>, or <i>hairworm</i>, has been called an <spn>amphisb\'91na</spn>; but it belongs among the worms.</note>

<h1>Amphisb\'91noid</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phis*b\'91"noid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>amphisbaena</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisb\'91na.</def>

<h1>Amphiscii, Amphiscians</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw><hw>Am*phis"ci*i</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Am*phis"cians</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ throwing a shadow both ways; <?/ + <?/ shadow.]</ety> <def>The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.</def>