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Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. See Aplysia.
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A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen.
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Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to a mathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology.
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A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree.
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Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.
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A tectibranchiate mollusk.
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An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples.
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Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.
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Covertly; privately; secretly.
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Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
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Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.
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A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual. See Promorphology, and Morphon.
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A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.
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A genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species.
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Same as Tectrices.
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One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.
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The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird.
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In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
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Same as Tectibranchiata.
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The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.
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