Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Nematognathi

‖Nem′a‐tog″na‐thi (?), n. pl. [NL. See nemato-, and Gnathic.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid.

596

Nematoid

Nem″a‐toid (?), a. [Nemato- + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Nematoidea. — n. One of the Nematoidea. See Illustration in Appendix.

597

Nematoidea

‖Nem′a‐toi″de‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. νη̑μα, νήματοσ, thread + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. They are mo...

598

Nematoidean

Nem′a‐toid″e‐an (?), a. & n.(Zoöl.) Nematoid.

599

Nematophora

‖Nem′a‐toph″o‐ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. νη̑μα, νήματοσ, a thread + φέρειν to bear.] (Zoöl.) Same as Cœlenterata.

600

Nemean

Ne″me‐an (nē″mē̍‐an; 277), a. [L. Nemeus, fr. Nemea, Gr. Νεμέη.] Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.

601

Nemertean

Ne‐mer″te‐an (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Nemertina. — n. One of the Nemertina.

602

Nemertes

‖Ne‐mer″tes (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. νημερτήσ unerring.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Nemertina.

603

Nemertian

Ne‐mer″ti‐an (?), a. & n.(Zoöl.) Nemertean.

604

Nemertid

Ne‐mer″tid (?), a. & n.(Zoöl.) Nemertean.

605

Nemertida

‖Ne‐mer″ti‐da (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Nemertina.

606

Nemertina

‖Nem′er‐ti″na (nĕm′ẽr‐tī″nȧ), n. pl. [NL. See Nemrtes.] (Zoöl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibr...

607

Nemesis

Nem″e‐sis (nĕm″ē̍‐sĭs), n. [L., fr. Gr. Νέμεσισ, orig., distribution, fr. νέμειν to distribute. See Nomad.] (Class. Myth.) The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retrib...

608

Nemophilist

Ne‐moph″i‐list (?), n. [See Nemophily.] One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.

609

Nemophily

Ne‐moph″i‐ly (?), n. [Gr. νέμοσ wooded pasture, glade + φιλει̑ν to love.] Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods.

610

Nemoral

Nem″o‐ral (?), a. [L. nemoralis, fr. nemus, nemoris, a wood or grove: cf. F. némoral.] Of or pertaining to a wood or grove.

611

Nemorous

Nem″o‐rous (?), a. [L. nemorosus.] Woody.Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple. Evelyn.

612

Nempne

Nemp″ne (?), v. t. [AS. nemnan to name or call. See Name, v.] To name or call. Chaucer.

613

Nempt

Nempt (?), p. p. of Nempne. Called; named.

614

Nems

Nems (nĕmz), n.(Zoöl.) The ichneumon.

615

Nenia

‖Ne″ni‐a (?), n. [L. nenia, naenia.] A funeral song; an elegy.

616

Nenuphar

Nen″u‐phar (nĕn″ū̍‐fär), n. [F. nénufar: cf. Sp. nenúfar, It. nenufár; all fr. Per. nīlūfar.] (Bot.) The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphæa alba.

617

Neo-

Ne″o– (�). [Gr. νέοσ youthful, new. See New.] A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when th...

618

Neo-Christianity

Ne′o–Chris‐tian″i‐ty (? or?), n. [Neo- + Christianity.] Rationalism.

619

Neo-Darwinism

Ne′o–Dar″win‐ism (?), n. The theory which holds natural selection, as explained by Darwin, to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants and animals, and denies the inherita...

620

Neo-Greek

Ne′o–Greek″, n. A member of a body of French painters (F. les néo-Grecs) of the middle 19th century. The term is rather one applied by outsiders to certain artists of grave and ...

621

Neo-Hebraic

Ne′o–He‐bra″ic, a. Of, pert. to, or designating, modern Hebrew, or Hebrew of later date than the Biblical.