<h1>Holophrastic</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Hol`o*phras"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Holo</ets> + Gr. <?/ to speak: cf. F. <ets>holophrastique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.</def>
<h1>Holophytic</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Hol`o*phyt"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Holo</ets> + Gr.<?/ a plant.]</ety> <def>Wholly or distinctively vegetable.</def>
<cs><col>Holophytic nutrition</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <cd>that form of nutrition, characteristic of vegetable organisms, in which carbonic acid, ammonia, and nitrates are absorbed as food, in distinction from the animal mode of nutrition, by the ingestion of albuminous matter.</cd></cs>
<h1>Holorhinal</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Hol`o*rhi"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Holo</ets> + Gr.<?/, nose.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the nasal bones contiguous.</def>
<h1>Holosiderite</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Hol`o*sid"er*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Holo</ets> + <ets>siderite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.</def>
<h1>Holostean</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Ho*los"te*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the Holostei.</def>
<h1>Holostei</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Ho*los"te*i</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>"o`los</grk> whole + <?/ a bone.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>
<h1>Holosteric</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Hol`o*ster"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Holo</ets> + Gr.<grk>stereo`s</grk> solid.]</ety> <def>Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.</def>
<h1>Holostomata</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Hol`o*stom"a*ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>"o`los</grk> whole + <grk>sto`ma</grk>, <grk>-atos</grk>, mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.</def>
<h1>Holostomate</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Ho*los"to*mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Holostomatous</er>.</def>
<h1>Holostomatous</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Hol`o*stom"a*tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.</def>
<h1>Holostome</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Hol"o*stome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Holo</ets> + Gr. <grk>sto`ma</grk> mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Holostomata.</def>
<h1>Holostraca</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Ho*los"tra*ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ whole + <?/ shell of a testacean.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.</def>
<h1>Holothure</h1> <Xpage=699>
<hw>Hol"o*thure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>holothuria</ets>, pl., a sort of water polyp, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A holothurian.</def>
<h1>Holothurian</h1> <Xpage=699>
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