rudimentary legs

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• Strepsiptera — Taxobox name = Strepsiptera fossil range=Middle Cretaceous Recent image caption = male regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Strepsiptera ordo authority = Kirby, 1813 subdivision ranks = Families subdivision =… …   Wikipedia

• Chalcidian — Chal*cid i*an, n. [L. chalcis a lizard, Gr. chalki s.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards ({Chalcid[ae]}), having four small or rudimentary legs. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• zoea — zoeal, adj. /zoh ee euh/, n., pl. zoeae / ee ee/, zoeas. Zool. any of the free swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace. [1820 30; < NL, equiv. to Gk zo(é) life + NL ea EA] * * * …   Universalium

• Pentastomida — The tongue worms, a group of parasitic wormlike animals considered to form a distinct phylum thought to be descended from primitive arthropods, though modified by parasitism to form elongate, pseudosegmented, wormlike organisms with two to three… …   Medical dictionary

• zoea — zo•e•a [[t]zoʊˈi ə[/t]] n. pl. e•ae [[t] ˈi i[/t]] e•as ivt zool. the free swimming larva of certain decapod crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace • Etymology: 1820–30; < NL, appar. extended form ofzoe, in same …   From formal English to slang

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• hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …   Universalium

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

• Vestigiality — The human vermiform appendix is a vestigial structure; it no longer retains its original function. Vestigiality describes homologous characters of organisms that have seemingly lost all or most of their original function in a species through… …   Wikipedia