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<h1>Gymnic</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym"nic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Athletic exercise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Gymnite</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym"nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ naked. So called as coming from the Bare Hills, Maryland.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous silicate of magnesia.</def>

<h1>Gymnoblastea</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym"no*blas`te*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. fr. Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> naked + <?/ to sprout.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.</def>

<h1>Gymnoblastic</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym"no*blas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.</def>

<h1>Gymnocarpous</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym`no*car"pous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> naked + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to the perianth.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Gymnochroa</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym*noch"ro*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> naked + <?/ skin, body.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See <er>Hydra</er>.</def>

<h1>Gymnocladus</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym*noc"la*dus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> naked + <?/ a branch.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.</def>

<h1>Gymnocopa</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym"no*co`pa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> naked + <?/ an oar.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having <i>setae</i> only in the cephalic appendages.</def>

<h1>Gymnocyte</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym"no*cyte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> nake + <?/ a hollow vessel.]</ety> <def>(Biol.) A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus.</def>

<i>Haeckel.</i>

<h1>Gymnocytode</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym"no*cy`tode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> naked + E. <ets>cytode</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus.</def>

<i>Haeckel.</i>

<h1>Gymnodont</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym"no*dont</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> naked + <?/, <?/, tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of a group of plectognath fishes (<spn>Gymnodontes</spn>), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See <er>Bur fish</er>, <er>Globefish</er>, <er>Diodon</er>.</def>

<h1>Gymnogen</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym"no*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> naked + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as <er>Gymnosperm</er>.</def>

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