Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In Cuvier's system of classification, the second order of Acalepha, distinguished from the simple acalephs by having one or more vessels filled with air, by means of which they suspend themselves in the water.
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"Anatomia physico-hydrostatica fontium et fluminum" (Würtzburg,
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