10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYLOPHAGOUS»
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hylophagous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hylophagous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel: ...
Those which absorb more matter than is necessary for themselves become
hylophagous. The origin of the latter is not so simple as that of the former, since it
was the result of two distinct processes: (1) the direct absorption of matter by
certain ...
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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
... meaning: 1. wood, as in hylophagous. 2. material, as in hylotropic. Hylobatidae
Vertebrate Zoology, the gibbons, a family of tailless primates of the infraorder
Catarrhini. having small heads and long forearms for brachiation and aboreal life;
...
Christopher G. Morris,
1992
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The National Standard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of ...
The doctrine that matter is sentient. Hylophagous, -lof-a-gus. A term applied to an
animal that feeds upon tho young shoots of trees, roots, ifec. Hylotheism, -lo-the'
Izm. The doctrine or belief tliat there is no God except matter and tho universe.
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The Medical Vocabulary: Containing a Concise Explanation of ...
I arrange). The science of comparing degrees of moisture. HYLOP'ATIUSM (Gr.
ulé, matter; pathos, afl'ection). The doctrine that the life of matter is sentient.
HYLOPHAGOUS (Gr. ulé, wood; phage. I eat). Feeding upon young shoots, roots,
8w.
Robert FOWLER (M.D., of Edinburgh.),
1860
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International Review of the Science and Practice of Agriculture
13o3. — Lepidoptera in Madagascar. 3o52. — Planifolia : Bacteriosis (Bacterium
Briosianum). 299o. " Vaquinhas " cEpicauta spp.) Injurious to Potatoes and
Vegetables in Brazil. 235o. Variations in Diet among Hylophagous Bostrychida.
1o4o ...
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Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : ...
Hylophagous tribes yet exist in some parts of Africa. HYMASTATICS,
Hasmastatice. HYMEN, 'v/tqr, which signifies 'marriage,' ' nuptial song,' '
membrane or pellicle.' Claus- trum, seu Flos, seu Sigillum, seu Cuslodia, seu
Columnn, seu Zona ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
Here also hylobates: forest walkers, the gibbon. methylene. hydroxyl. benz- oyle.
hylophagous, also xylophagous, as certain insects and men that chew toothpicks.
xylophone. OED lists 26 relevant words beginning xyl(o), and details 21; ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley,
2009
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A Dictionary of Medical Science: Containing a Concise ...
... 'vi^, Mate'ria, 'Matter.' Materia Medica; also, the Philosopher's stone. II vi r. I
VTIIH L, Materia medica. HYLOPH'AGOUS, from 'UXT,, 'wood,' and ^oyco, ' 1 eat.'
One that feeds upon the young shoots of trees, roots, &c. Hylophagous tribes yet
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HYGROSTAT'ICS (Gr. ugros, fluid ; istemi, I arrange). The science of comparing
degrees of moisture. HYLOP'ATHISM (Gr. ule, matter ; pathos, affection). The
doctrine that the life of matter is sentient. HYLOPHAGOUS (Gr. ule, wood ; phagd,
...
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A Dictionary for Invertebrate Zoology:
[Gr. hyle, material; gamos, marriage] The fusion of gametes; syngamy.
hylophagous a. [Gr. hyle, wood; phagein, to eat] Wood eat- ing, as some insects.
hylotomous a. [Gr. hyle, wood; temnein, to cut] Cutting wood, as some insects.
hymen n.