Part 399

<h1>Amphistomous</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phis"to*mous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.</def>

<h1>Amphistylic</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*sty"lic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ pillar, support.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.</def>

<h1>Amphitheater, Amphitheatre</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw><hw>Am`phi*the"a*ter</hw>, <hw>Am`phi*the"a*tre</hw>,<hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amphitheatrum</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ theater: cf. F. <ets>amphith\'82\'83tre</ets>. See <er>Theater</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.</def>

<note>&hand; The Romans first constructed amphitheaters for combats of gladiators and wild beasts.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; <as>as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater</as>.</def>

<h1>Amphitheatral</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*the"a*tral</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amphitheatralis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>amphith\'82\'83tral</ets>.]</ety> <def>Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.</def>

<h1>Amphitheatric, Amphitheatrical</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw><hw>Am`phi*the*at"ric</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Am`phi*the*at"ric*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amphitheatricus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.</def>

<h1>Amphitheatrically</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am`phi*the*at"ric*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the form or manner of an amphitheater.</def>

<h1>Amphitrocha</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw>Am*phit"ro*cha</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ + <?/ a wheel.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.</def>

<h1>Amphitropal, Amphitropous</h1> <Xpage=50>

<hw><hw>Am*phit"ro*pal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Am*phit"ro*pous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.</def>

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<h1>Amphiuma</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am`phi*u"ma</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.</def>

<h1>Amphopeptone</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am`pho*pep"tone</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + E. <ets>peptone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.</def>

<h1>Amphora</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am"pho*ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Amophor\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a jar with two handles; <?/ + <?/ bearer, <?/ to bear. Cf. <er>Ampul</er>.]</ety> <def>Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.</def>

<h1>Amphoral</h1> <Xpage=51>

<hw>Am"pho*ral</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amphoralis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.</def>

<h1>Amphoric</h1> <Xpage=51>