Gymnocladus
(||Gym*noc"la*dus) n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kla`dos a branch.] (Bot.) A genus
of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for
coffee.
Gymnocopa
(||Gym`no*co"pa) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kw`ph an oar.] (Zoöl.) A group of
transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setæ only in the cephalic appendages.
Gymnocyte
(Gym"no*cyte) n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + ky`tos a hollow vessel.] (Biol.) A cytode without
a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus. Haeckel.
Gymnocytode
(Gym`no*cy"tode) n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + E. cytode.] (Biol.) A cytode without either
a cell wall or a nucleus. Haeckel.
Gymnodont
(Gym"no*dont) n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Zoöl.) One of a group
of plectognath fishes having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw,
as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.
Gymnogen
(Gym"no*gen) n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + -gen.] (Bot.) One of a class of plants, so called
by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm.
Gymnoglossa
(||Gym`no*glos"sa) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + glw^ssa tongue.] (Zoöl.) A
division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.
Gymnolæma
(||Gym`no*læ"ma) Gymnolæmata
(||Gym`no*læ"ma*ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked +
laimo`s the throat.] (Zoöl.) An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome.
Gymnonoti
(||Gym`no*no"ti) n. pl. [NL. fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + nw^tos the back.] (Zoöl.) The order
of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting.
Gymnopædic
(Gym`no*pæd"ic) (-ped"ik or - pe"dik), a. [Gr. gymno`s naked + pai^s, paido`s, a child.]
(Zoöl.) Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopædic; — said of certain birds.
Gymnophiona
(||Gym`no*phi"o*na) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + 'ofio`neos serpentlike.] (Zoöl.)
An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.
Gymnophthalmata
(||Gym`noph*thal"ma*ta) (- nof*thal"ma*ta), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked +
'ofqalmo`s the eye.] (Zoöl.) A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusæ; the hydromedusæ.
Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.
Gymnoplast
(Gym"no*plast) n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + pla`ssein to shape, mold.] (Biol.) A cell or
mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.
Gym'norhinal
(Gym'no*rhi"nal) a. [Gr. gymno`s naked + "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose.] (Zoöl.) Having unfeathered
nostrils, as certain birds.
Gymnosomata
(||Gym`no*so"ma*ta) (-so"ma*ta or - som"a*ta), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked +
sw^ma, sw`matos, the body.] (Zoöl.) One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.
Gymnosophist
(Gym*nos"o*phist) n. [Gr. gymnosofisth`s; gymno`s naked + sofisth`s philosopher; cf.
F. gymnosophiste.] One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the
Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and
employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.
Gymnosophy
(Gym*nos"o*phy) n. The doctrines of the Gymnosophists. Good.
