Sessile-eyed

Sessile-eyed
Sessile-eyed Ses"sile-eyed`, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to {stalk-eyed}. [1913 Webster]

{Sessile-eyed Crustacea}, the Arthrostraca. [1913 Webster]


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  • Sessile-eyed Crustacea — Sessile eyed Ses sile eyed , a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; opposed to {stalk eyed}. [1913 Webster] {Sessile eyed Crustacea}, the Arthrostraca. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sessile-eyed — sessˈile eyed adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑sessile …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stalk-eyed — (st[add]k [imac]d ), a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; opposed to {sessile eyed}. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans. [1913 Webster] {Stalk eyed crustaceans}. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Podophthalmia}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stalk-eyed crustaceans — Stalk eyed Stalk eyed (st[add]k [imac]d ), a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; opposed to {sessile eyed}. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans. [1913 Webster] {Stalk eyed crustaceans}. (Zo[ o]l.) See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Charles Spence Bate — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bate. Charles Spence Bate est un naturaliste britannique, né le 16 mars 1819 près de Trure et mort le 29 juillet 1889 dans le Devonshire. Sommaire 1 Biographie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Isopoda — I*sop o*da, n. pl. [NL. See {Iso }, and { poda}.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of sessile eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure. [1913 Webster] Note: The body is usually depressed, with the abdominal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • isopod — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek is + pod , pous foot more at foot Date: circa 1835 any of a large order (Isopoda) of small sessile eyed aquatic or terrestrial crustaceans with the body composed of seven free thoracic segments each bearing a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Charles Spence Bate — Charles Spence Bate, or Spence Bate, FRS (March 16, 1819, Truro, Cornwall – July 29, 1889, Devonshire) was a British zoologist and dentist, who who practiced first at Swansea, and then Plymouth, taking over his father s practice.[1] He was an… …   Wikipedia

  • William Aitcheson Haswell — (5 August 1854 – 24 January 1925) was an Scottish born Australian zoologist specializing in crustaceans.Haswell was born at Gayfield House, Edinburgh and studied at the Edinburgh Institution and the University of Edinburgh where he won seven… …   Wikipedia

  • William Aitcheson Haswell — est un zoologiste australien spécialisé dans les crustacés, né le 5 août 1854 et mort le 24 janvier 1925. Haswell étudie à l université d Édimbourg et suit notamment les cours de Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 1895) et de Charles Wyville Thomson (1830 …   Wikipédia en Français

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