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<hw>Ar*cheg"o*ny</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Archegonium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.</def>

<h1>Archelogy</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar*chel"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an element or first principle + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of, or a treatise on, first principles.</def>

<i>Fleming.</i>

<h1>Archencephala</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chen*ceph"a*la</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. pref. <?/ + <?/ the brain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division that includes man alone.</def>

<i>R. Owen.</i>

<h1>Archenemy</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch`en"e*my</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + <ets>enemy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Archenteric</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch`en*ter"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to the archenteron; <as>as, <ex>archenteric</ex> invagination</as>.</def>

<h1>Archenteron</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch`en"ter*on</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + Gr. <?/ intestine.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See <i>Illust</i>. under <er>Invagination</er>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Archeology, n., Archeological</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`che*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>Ar`che*o*log`ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> </mhw> <def>Same as <er>Arch\'91ology</er>, etc.</def>

<h1>Archer</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>archier</ets>, F. <ets>archer</ets>, LL. <ets>arcarius</ets>, fr. L. <ets>arcus</ets> bow. See <er>Arc</er>, <er>Arch</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.</def>

<h1>Archeress</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch"er*ess</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female archer.</def>

<i>Markham.</i>

<h1>Archer fish</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch"er fish`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small fish <spn>(Toxotes jaculator)</spn>, of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to <spn>Ch\'91todon rostratus</spn>.</def>

<h1>Archership</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch"er*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or skill of an archer.</def>

<h1>Archery</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch"er*y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>archerie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Archers, or bowmen, collectively.</def>