Entoglossal
En′to‐glos″sal (?), a. [Ento- + Gr. � the tongue.] (Anat.) Within the tongue; — applied to the glossohyal bone.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Entoil
En‐toil″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Entoiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Entoiling.] To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare.Entoiled in woofed phantasies. Keats.
Entomb
En‐tomb″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Entombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Entombing.] [Pref. en- + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.] To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhum...
Entombment
En‐tomb″ment (?), n. The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. Barrow.
Entomere
En″to‐mere (?), n. [Ento- + -mere.] (Biol.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
Entomic
{ En‐tom″ic (?), En‐tom″ic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. � insect. See Entomology.] (Zoöl.) Relating to insects; entomological.
Entomoid
En″to‐moid (?), a. [Gr. � insect + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling an insect. — n. An object resembling an insect.
Entomolin
En‐tom″o‐lin (?), n.(Chem.) See Chitin.
Entomolite
En‐tom″o‐lite (?), n. [Gr. � insect + -lite.] (Paleon.) A fossil insect.
Entomologic
{ En′to‐mo‐log″ic (?), En′to‐mo‐log″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. entomologique.] Of or relating to entomology. — En′to‐mo‐log″ic‐al‐ly, adv.
Entomologist
En′to‐mol″o‐gist (?), n. [Cf. F. entomologiste.] One versed in entomology.
Entomologize
En′to‐mol″o‐gize (?), v. i. To collect specimens in the study of entomology. C. Kingsley.
Entomology
En′to‐mol″o‐gy (?), n.; pl.Entomologies (#). [Gr. ἔντομον insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr. ἔντομοσ cut in; εν̓ in + τέμνειν to cut) + -logy: cf. F. entomologie. ...
Entomophaga
‖En′to‐moph″a‐ga (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ἔντομον an insect + φαγει̑ν to eat.] (Zoöl.) 1. One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvæ feed parasitically upon living ins...
Entomophagan
En′to‐moph″a‐gan (?), a.(Zoöl.) Relating to the Entomophaga. — n. One of the Entomophaga.
Entomophagous
En′to‐moph″a‐gous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous.
Entomophilous
En′to‐moph″i‐lous (?), a.(Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; — said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.
Entomostraca
‖En′to‐mos″tra‐ca (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyl...
Entomostracan
En′to‐mos″tra‐can (?), a.(Zoöl.) Relating to the Entomostraca. — n. One of the Entomostraca.
Entomostracous
En′to‐mos″tra‐cous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Belonging to the Entomostracans.
Entomotomist
En′to‐mot″o‐mist (?), n. One who practices entomotomy.
Entomotomy
En′to‐mot″o‐my (?), n. [Gr. � insect + τέμνειν to cut.] The science of the dissection of insects.
Entonic
En‐ton″ic (?), a. [Gr. � strained, fr. � to strain. See Entasis.] (Med.) Having great tension, or exaggerated action. Dunglison.
Entoperipheral
En′to‐pe‐riph″er‐al (?), a. [Ento- + peripheral.] (Physiol.) Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; — especially applied to feelings, such as hung...
Entophyte
En″to‐phyte (?), n. [Ento- + Gr. � a plant.] (Med.) A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.
Entophytic
En′to‐phyt″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to entophytes; as, an entophytic disease.
Entoplasm
En″to‐plasm (?), n. [Ento- + Gr. � anything formed.] (Biol.) (a) The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. (b) Endosarc.