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<hw>Gym*not"o*ka</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> naked + <?/ a bringing forth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Athecata.</def>

<h1>Gymnotus</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gym*no"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>gymno`s</grk> naked + <?/ the back: cf. F. <ets>gymnote</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including the <spn>Gymnotus electricus</spn>, or electric eel. It has a greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power.</def>

<blockquote>One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like from the electric blow of the <b>gymnotus</b>. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gyn</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gyn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To begin <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Gin</er>.</def>

<h1>Gyn\'91ceum, Gyn\'91cium</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw><hw>Gyn`\'91*ce"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gyn`\'91*ci"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ women's apartments, fr. <?/ a woman.]</ety> <def>The part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>gyneceum</asp>, <asp>gynecium</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Gyn\'91cian</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy*n\'91"cian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>The same as <er>Gynecian</er>.</def>

<h1>Gyn\'91cophore</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy`n\'91"co*phore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the women's apartments + <?/ to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some dioecious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of <er>H\'91matozoa</er>.</def>

<h1>Gynander</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy*nan"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gynandrian</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.</def>

<h1>Gynandria</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy*nan"dri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Gynandrian</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A class of plants in the Linnaean system, whose stamens grow out of, or are united with, the pistil.</def>

<h1>Gynandrian, Gynandrous</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw><hw>Gy*nan"dri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gy*nan"drous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gy`nandros</grk> of doubtful sex; <grk>gynh`</grk> a woman + <?/, <?/, man: cf. F. <ets>gynandre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class <i>Gynandria</i>.</def>

<h1>Gynandromorph</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy*nan"dro*morph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An animal affected with gynandromorphism,</def>

<h1>Gynandromorphism</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy*nan"dro*mor`phism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gynh`</grk> a woman, female + <?/, <?/, a man, male + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female.</def>

<h1>Gynandromorphous</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy*nan`dro*mor"phous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Affected, with gynandromorphism.</def>

<h1>Gynantherous</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy*nan"ther*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>gynh`</grk> a woman + E. <ets>anther</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils.</def>

<i>A. Brown.</i>