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gymno-|dʒɪmnə| before a vowel gymn-, comb. form of Gr. γυµνό-ς naked, bare, chiefly in technical terms of Botany, Biology, and Zoology (the more important are given as main-words): gymnanthous |dʒɪmˈnænθəs| a. Bot. [Gr. ἄνθ-ος flower + -ous], having naked flowers, wanting both calyx and corolla. gymnaxony |dʒɪmˈnæksənɪ| Bot. [Gr. ἄξων axis + -y], a rare condition in flowers, in which the placenta protrudes through the ovary (R. Brown Man. Bot. 1874, Gloss.). gymnetrous |dʒɪmˈniːtrəs| a. Ichthyol. [Gr. ἦτρ-ον abdomen + -ous], ‘having a naked or smooth belly; applied to those fishes which have no anal fins’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886). gymnoblastic |-ˈblɑːstɪk, -æ-| a. Zool. [Gr. βλαστός (see -blast], having the nutritive or generative buds unprotected by an external receptacle (hydrotheca or gonangium); so gymnoˈblastous a. (Syd. Soc. Lex.). gymnobranchiate |-ˈbræŋkɪət| Zool. [Gr. βράγχια pl., gills] adj., belonging to the Gymnobranchiata, a group of gastropods having naked gills; n. an animal of this group (Cent. Dict. 1889). gymnoceratous |-ˈsɛrətəs| a. Ent. [Gr. κερατ-, κέρας horn], belonging to the Gymnocerata, a group of heteropterous insects having exposed antennæ (ibid.). ‖ gymnocyta |-ˈsaɪtə|, -cyte |-saɪt| Biol. [Gr. κύτος cell], ‘Häckel's term for a naked or wall-less cytode having a nucleus’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). gymnocytode |-ˈsaɪtəʊd| Biol. [cytode], ‘Häckel's term for a cytode without a proper cell wall and nucleus’ (ibid.). gymnodont |ˈdʒɪmnədɒnt| Ichthyol. [Gr. ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth] adj., belonging to the Gymnodontes, a group of plectognath fishes having the jaw prolonged into a beak covered with a dental plate; n. a fish belonging to this group. gymnogen |ˈdʒɪmnədʒən| Bot. [see -gen] = gymnosperm. gymnogenous |dʒɪmˈnɒdʒɪnəs| a. Bot. [see -genous] = gymnospermous (Cassell 1884). gymnogram |ˈdʒɪmnəgræm| Bot. [Gr. γραµµή line, mark], a fern of the genus Gymnogramme or -gramma, having the lines of spore-cases on the lower side of the frond uncovered. gymnogynous |dʒɪmˈnɒdʒɪnəs| a. Bot. [see -gynous], having a naked ovary (Treas. Bot. 1866). gymnolæmatous |-ˈliːmətəs| a. Zool. [Gr. λαιµός throat, gullet], belonging to the Gymnolæmata, a division of Polyzoa having no epistome or valve to close down upon the mouth. gymnomerous |-ˈmɪərəs| a. Zool. [Gr. µηρ-ός thigh], pertaining to the Gymnomera, a division of cladocerous crustaceans (Cent. Dict.). † gymnomonoˈspermous a. Bot. [Gr. µόνο-ς alone, one-, σπέρµ-α seed], having the seeds single and naked. gymnomyxine |-ˈmɪksaɪn| a. Zool. [Gr. µύξ-α slime], pertaining to the Gymnomyxa, a low grade of Polyzoa which are naked or not corticate (Cent. Dict.). gymnophthalmate |ˌdʒɪmnɒfˈθælmət|, gymnophˈthalmatous, gymnophˈthalmic, gymnophˈthalmous adjs. Zool. [Gr. ὀϕθαλµός eye], belonging to the Gymnophthalmata or naked-eyed medusæ. † gymnopolyˈspermous a. Bot. [Gr. πολύ-ς much, many, σπέρµ-α seed]: see quot. and cf. gymnotetraspermous (below). gymnopterous |-ˈɒptərəs| a. Ent. [Gr. πτέρ-ον wing], having naked wings, without hairs or scales; having sheathless wings (Cent. Dict.). gymnorhinal |-ˈraɪnəl| a. Ornith. [Gr. ῥῑν-, ῥίς nostril], having naked or unfeathered nostrils (ibid.). gymnosomate |-ˈsəʊmət|, -ˈsomatous, -ˈsomous adjs. Zool. [Gr. σῶµ-α, σωµατ- body], pertaining to the Gymnosomata, an order of pteropods having a naked body. gymnospore |ˈdʒɪmnəspɔə(r)| Bot. [spore], a naked spore; so gymˈnosporous, having uncovered spores (Cassell, 1884). gymnotetraspermous |-tɛtrəˈspɜːməs| a. Bot. [Gr. τετρα- four, σπέρµ-α seed]: see quots. gymnotocous |-ˈɒtəkəs| a. Zool. [Gr. τόκ-ος bringing-forth, offspring], having the genital products uncovered, as certain hydroids (Cent. Dict.). gymnozoidal |-ˈzəʊɪdəl| a. Zool. [Gr. ζῷ-ον animal: see -id3], pertaining to the Gymnozoida, a section of Infusoria in Saville Kent's classification.
1880Gray Struct. Bot. 413/2 *Gymnanthous. Naked flowered.
1871Allman (title) A Monograph of the *Gymnoblastic or Tubularian Hydroids.
1876Macalister Anim. Morphology i. 5 A naked cytode is called a *gymnocytode..a naked cell is a *gymnocyte.
1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., *Gymnodonts, Gymnodontes, the name of the family of Plectognathic fishes.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 4 Exogens have been broken up into 1. Exogens proper, or those having an ovary, style, and stigma; and 2. *Gymnogens, which have neither.
1861Sir W. J. Hooker Brit. Ferns Pl. 1 Gymnogramme leptophylla..Small Annual *Gymnogram. 1864T. Moore Brit. Ferns 35 The Gymnogram. This plant belongs to a family of which nearly all the species are tropical.
1875Blake Zool. 329 It is called phylactolæmatous, as opposed to marine *gymnolæmatous.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. vi. (1765) 85 Such as have an imbricated amentum and are *gymnomonospermous.
1870Nicholson Man. Zool. I. 84 note, The old sub-class of the Acalephæ contained the *Gymnophthalmate Medusæ (= the Discophora) and the Steganophthalmate Medusæ. [1870Nicholson Man. Zool. Gloss., Gymnophthalmata, applied by Edward Forbes to those Medusæ in which the eye-specks at the margin of the disc are unprotected. The division is now abandoned.]
1871Allman Gymnoblastic Hydroids 80 McCrady divides the *gymnophthalmatous or hydroid medusæ into the ‘endostomata’ and the ‘exostomata’.
Ibid. 2 The so-called naked-eyed or *gymnophthalmic Medusæ.
1879Rossiter Dict. Sci. Terms, *Gymnophthalmous, naked-eyed.
1730–6Bailey (folio), *Gymnopolyspermous Plants, such as bear two naked Seeds inclosed in a Calyx, without any Seed-Vessel.
1885Ray Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 837 The naked protoplasmic particles that issue from such coated spores, or are formed directly by the rapid fission of the parent Protozoon..are termed ‘*gymnospores’.
1730–6Bailey (folio), *Gymnotetraspermous Plants, such as have four naked Seeds inclosed in a Calyx, without any Seed-Vessel. 1866Treas. Bot. 560/2 Gymnotetraspermous, having such a four-lobed ovary as is found in labiates, which was formerly thought to consist of four naked seeds.
1880–1W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 329 The independent or *Gymnozoidal section of the collared Flagellata or Discostomata. |