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adapterAdopter A*dopt"er, n.
1. One who adopts.
2. (Chem.) A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each
other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the
other is joined to another receiver. It is used in
distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to
increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite
two vessels whose openings have different diameters.
[Written also adapter.] Adapter
Adapter A*dapt"er, n.
1. One who adapts.
2. (Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter.
ApteralApteral Ap"ter*al, a.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Apterous.
2. (Arch.) Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings
which have no series of columns along their sides, but are
either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to
peripteral. --R. Cyc. Apteran
Apteran Ap"ter*an, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Aptera.
ApteriaApteria Ap*te"ri*a, n. pl. [NL. See Aptera.] (Zo["o]l.)
Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See
Pteryli[ae]. ApterousApterous Ap"ter*ous, a.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous
insects.
2. (Bot.) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a
stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate. ApterygesApteryges Ap*ter"y*ges, n. pl. [NL. See Apteryx.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx. Cerapteryx graminisAntler Ant"ler, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller,
endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL.
antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine
animal, as of a stag.
Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay.
Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler,
and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay
antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are
often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not
horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while
growing. See Velvet.
Antler moth (Zo["o]l.), a destructive European moth
(Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands. Chapter
Chapter Chap"ter, v. t.
1. To divide into chapters, as a book. --Fuller.
2. To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and
verse. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Decapterus punctatusCigar Ci*gar", n. [Sp. cigarro, orig., a kind of tobacco in
the island of Cuba: cf. F. cigare.]
A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
Cigar fish (Zo["o]l.), a fish (Decapterus punctatus),
allied to the mackerel, found on the coast of the Gulf of
Mexico. Delphinapterus catodonBeluga Be*lu"ga (b[-e]*l[=u]"g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort
of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
Note: The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the
white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to
be from twelve to eighteen feet long. DermapteraDermaptera Der*map"te*ra, Dermapteran Der*map"ter*an, n.
(Zo["o]l.)
See Dermoptera, Dermopteran. DermapteranDermaptera Der*map"te*ra, Dermapteran Der*map"ter*an, n.
(Zo["o]l.)
See Dermoptera, Dermopteran. Halesia tetrapteraSilver Sil"ver, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. ``Silver hair.' --Shak.
Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their
downy breast. --Milton.
(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. ``Silver
voices.' --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. ``Silver slumber.'
--Spenser.
American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
Balsam.
Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.
Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
(Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.
Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant (Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.
Silver chub (Zo["o]l.), the fallfish.
Silver eel. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.
Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata)
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.
Silver foil, foil made of silver.
Silver fox (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common fox (Vulpes
vulpes, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts
of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black,
with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also
black fox, and silver-gray fox.
Silver gar. (Zo["o]l.) See Billfish
(a) .
Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.
Silver grebe (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver. See
Illust. under Diver.
Silver hake (Zo["o]l.), the American whiting.
Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.
Silver lunge (Zo["o]l.), the namaycush.
Silver moonfish.(Zo["o]l.) See Moonfish
(b) .
Silver moth (Zo["o]l.), a lepisma.
Silver owl (Zo["o]l.), the barn owl.
Silver perch (Zo["o]l.), the mademoiselle, 2.
Silver pheasant (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species (E. nychtemerus) is native of China.
Silver plate, domestic utensils made of silver. Hexapterous
Hexapterous Hex*ap"ter*ous, a. [Hexa- + Gr. ? wing.] (Bot.)
Having six processes. --Gray.
Interchapter
Interchapter In`ter*chap"ter, n.
An intervening or inserted chapter.
M apteraMoringa Mo*rin"ga, n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One
species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree,
and its seeds, as well as those of M. aptera, are known in
commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of
ben. MalapterurusMalapterurus Mal*ap`te*ru"rus, n. [NL., from Gr. ? soft + ?
wing + ? tail.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric
catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric. Megaptera longimanaHumpback Hump"back`, n. [Cf. Hunchback.]
1. A crooked back; a humped back. --Tatler.
2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a
hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known.
The most common ones in the North Atlantic are
Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia of
America; that of the California coasts is M.
versabilis.
(b) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the
northwest coast of America. MetapterygialMetapterygium Me*tap`te*ryg"i*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? after + ?
fin.] (Anat.)
The posterior of the three principal basal cartilages in the
fins of fishes. -- Me*tap`ter*yg"i*al, a. MetapterygiumMetapterygium Me*tap`te*ryg"i*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? after + ?
fin.] (Anat.)
The posterior of the three principal basal cartilages in the
fins of fishes. -- Me*tap`ter*yg"i*al, a. Palapteryx
Palapteryx Pa*lap"te*ryx, n. [Paleo- + apteryx.] (Paleon.)
A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.
ParapteraParapterum Pa*rap"te*rum, n.; pl. Paraptera. [NL. See
Para-, and Pteron.] (Zo["o]l.)
A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and
metathorax of certain insects. ParapterumParapterum Pa*rap"te*rum, n.; pl. Paraptera. [NL. See
Para-, and Pteron.] (Zo["o]l.)
A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and
metathorax of certain insects. Rapter
Rapter Rap"ter (r[a^]p"t[~e]r), n.
A raptor. [Obs.] --Drayton.
TetrapteranTetrapteran Te*trap"ter*an, n. [See Tetrapterous.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An insect having four wings. TetrapterousTetrapterous Te*trap"ter*ous, a. [Gr. ?; te`tra- (see
Tetra-) + ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having four wings.
Meaning of Apter from wikipedia
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Apter (אַפּטער, Аптер) is a
Jewish surname meaning "someone from Apta (Opatów)".
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Apt. is an
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Apt may also
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Interdisciplinary research.
Apter died in his home in
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cancer on May 4, 2010.
Apter,
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