Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
exsanguinous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious.
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- adjective
destitute ofblood ;anaemic ;exsanguious
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Examples
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Among the "exsanguineous" animals, however, corresponding to our Invertebrates, he established a much more definite classification than the popular, which is apt to call them indiscriminately "shellfish," "insects," or "creeping things."
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The first five groups were classed together as sanguineous, the others as exsanguineous, from the presence or absence of red blood.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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