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Basommatophora
Basommatophora Ba*som`ma*toph"o*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
base + ? eye + ? to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the
tentacles, including the common pond snails.
Blastophoral
Blastophoral Blas`toph"o*ral, Blastophoric Blas`to*phor"ic,
a.
Relating to the blastophore.
Cystophora cristataHooded Hood"ed, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal (Cystophora
cristata). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler (Sylvania
mitrata). Cystophora crustataSeal Seal (s[=e]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG.
selah, Dan. s[ae]l, Sw. sj["a]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocid[ae]
and Otariid[ae].
Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in
the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are
numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea
lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal,
fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal
(Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal (Cystophora
crustata), and the ringed seal (Phoca f[oe]tida),
are northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp
seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp, Monk,
and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their skins and
fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is
very abundant.
Harbor seal (Zo["o]l.), the common seal (Phoca vitulina).
It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific
Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled
seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land
seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard,
ranger, selchie, tangfish. NematophoraNematophora Nem`a*toph"o*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. gr. ?, ?, a
thread + ? to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as C[oe]lenterata. PneumatophoraePneumonophora Pneu`mo*noph"o*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lung
+ ? to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and
allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophor[ae]. StylommatophoraStylommatophora Sty*lom`ma*toph"o*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
column + ? eye + ? to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the
tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and
slugs. See Illust. under Snail.
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