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Definition of the noun acaleph
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noun - plural: acalephs
- One of the Acalephae.
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Introduction to the Science (1871)
Introduction to the ScienceThe acaleph is a creature whose body does not contain more than four per cent, ...
Introduction to the sciences [by T. Smibert?]. (1861)
by Thomas Smibert
The class Acalephce (sea-nettles), embraces the well- known creatures commonly called jelly-fishes, of which the medusa and beroe are notable examples. The acaleph is a creature whose body does not contain more than four per cent, ...
Sabbath at Home (1870)
The Acaleph is an animal which has the body jelly-like, the mouth on the under side, and a row of fringes, or tentacles, around the margin, and within a system of tubes which extend from the central portion to the circumference; that is, it is, ...
Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (1862)
Whether the Acaleph is a flat disc, like Aurelia, or assumes the shape of a Beroe ; — whether the Echinoderm is a flat Starfish, a spherical Sea-urchin, or a tubular Holothurian, the transformation can still be made. The spherical Beroe presents ...
The Century Dictionary: The Century dictionary (1911)
A jelly-fish, sea-jelly, or sea-nettle; an acaleph, in a strict sense; a discophoran or discophorous hydrozoan; any member of the family Medusida or order or subclass Discophora: a term very loosely used, and now chiefly as an English ...
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney ... rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith (1914)
by William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith
A jelly-fish, sea-jelly, or sea-nettle; an acaleph, in a strict sense; a discophoran or discophor- ous hydrozoan; any member of the family Medusida or order or subclass Discophora: a term very loosely used, and now chiefly as an English ...
The Century Dictionary (1914)
An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language
A jelly-fish, sea-jelly, or sea-nettle; an acaleph, in a strict sense; a discophoran or discophorous hydrozoan; any member of the family Medusidae or order or subclass Discophora: a term very loosely used, and now chiefly as an ...
Dictionary of Hard Words (1910)
by Robert Morris Pierce
acaleph я. sea-nettle ...
The imperial encyclopaedic dictionary (1901)
a new and exhaustive work of reference to the English language, defining over 250,000 words, with a full account of their origin, pronunciation and use. Comprising a general encyclopaedia of art, science, invention and discovery; a gazetteer and atlas of the world; a compendious dictionary of universal biography, etc by Robert Hunter
Of Acaleph» may be mentioned tho genus Medusa, of which the species on our ...
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1906)
a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world by William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith
A jelly-fish, sea-jelly, or sea-nettle; an acaleph, in a strict sense ; a discophoran or discophor- ous hydrozoan; any member of the family Medusidce or order or subclass Discophora: a term very loosely used, and now chiefly as an ...
The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography, Geography, Statistics, and General Knowledge (1898)
by John Clark Ridpath
Acaleph» a-ka-le'fe, n. pi. [Gr. akalêpké, a nettle. J A name sometimes applied to the marine animals commonly known as sea-nettles, jelly- fish, &<-.
Crossword Puzzle Dictionary (1988)
by Nila Gott
ACALEPH jelly thickener _ PECTIN jennet _ ASS, HORSE, DONKEY jeopardy _ RISK, PERIL, HAZARD jeremiad _ WOE, TALE, LAMENT jerk _ TIC, TWEAK, TWITCH Jerusalem ancient name _ SALEM ...
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Scrabble value of A1C3A1L1E1P3H4
The value of this 7-letter word is 14 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
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