gymno-
(dʒɪmnə)
before a vowel gymn-, comb. form of Gr. γυµνό-ς naked, bare, chiefly in technical terms of Botany, Biology, and Zoology (the more important are given as main-words): gymnanthous (dʒɪmˈnænθəs) a. Bot. [Gr. ἄνθ-ος flower + -ous], having naked flowers, wanting both calyx and corolla. gymnaxony (dʒɪmˈnæksənɪ) Bot. [Gr. ἄξων axis + -y], a rare condition in flowers, in which the placenta protrudes through the ovary (R. Brown Man. Bot. 1874, Gloss.). gymnetrous (dʒɪmˈniːtrəs) a. Ichthyol. [Gr. ἦτρ-ον abdomen + -ous], ‘having a naked or smooth belly; applied to those fishes which have no anal fins’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886). gymnoblastic (-ˈblɑːstɪk, -æ-) a. Zool. [Gr. βλαστός (see -blast], having the nutritive or generative buds unprotected by an external receptacle (hydrotheca or gonangium); so gymnoˈblastous a. (Syd. Soc. Lex.). gymnobranchiate (-ˈbræŋkɪət) Zool. [Gr. βράγχια pl., gills] adj., belonging to the Gymnobranchiata, a group of gastropods having naked gills; n. an animal of this group (Cent. Dict. 1889). gymnoceratous (-ˈsɛrətəs) a. Ent. [Gr. κερατ-, κέρας horn], belonging to the Gymnocerata, a group of heteropterous insects having exposed antennæ (ibid.). ‖ gymnocyta (-ˈsaɪtə), -cyte (-saɪt) Biol. [Gr. κύτος cell], ‘Häckel's term for a naked or wall-less cytode having a nucleus’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). gymnocytode (-ˈsaɪtəʊd) Biol. [cytode], ‘Häckel's term for a cytode without a proper cell wall and nucleus’ (ibid.). gymnodont (ˈdʒɪmnədɒnt) Ichthyol. [Gr. ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth] adj., belonging to the Gymnodontes, a group of plectognath fishes having the jaw prolonged into a beak covered with a dental plate; n. a fish belonging to this group. gymnogen (ˈdʒɪmnədʒən) Bot. [see -gen] = gymnosperm. gymnogenous (dʒɪmˈnɒdʒɪnəs) a. Bot. [see -genous] = gymnospermous (Cassell 1884). gymnogram (ˈdʒɪmnəgræm) Bot. [Gr. γραµµή line, mark], a fern of the genus Gymnogramme or -gramma, having the lines of spore-cases on the lower side of the frond uncovered. gymnogynous (dʒɪmˈnɒdʒɪnəs) a. Bot. [see -gynous], having a naked ovary (Treas. Bot. 1866). gymnolæmatous (-ˈliːmətəs) a. Zool. [Gr. λαιµός throat, gullet], belonging to the Gymnolæmata, a division of Polyzoa having no epistome or valve to close down upon the mouth. gymnomerous (-ˈmɪərəs) a. Zool. [Gr. µηρ-ός thigh], pertaining to the Gymnomera, a division of cladocerous crustaceans (Cent. Dict.). † gymnomonoˈspermous a. Bot. [Gr. µόνο-ς alone, one-, σπέρµ-α seed], having the seeds single and naked. gymnomyxine (-ˈmɪksaɪn) a. Zool. [Gr. µύξ-α slime], pertaining to the Gymnomyxa, a low grade of Polyzoa which are naked or not corticate (Cent. Dict.). gymnophthalmate (ˌdʒɪmnɒfˈθælmət), gymnophˈthalmatous, gymnophˈthalmic, gymnophˈthalmous adjs. Zool. [Gr. ὀϕθαλµός eye], belonging to the Gymnophthalmata or naked-eyed medusæ. † gymnopolyˈspermous a. Bot. [Gr. πολύ-ς much, many, σπέρµ-α seed]: see quot. and cf. gymnotetraspermous (below). gymnopterous (-ˈɒptərəs) a. Ent. [Gr. πτέρ-ον wing], having naked wings, without hairs or scales; having sheathless wings (Cent. Dict.). gymnorhinal (-ˈraɪnəl) a. Ornith. [Gr. ῥῑν-, ῥίς nostril], having naked or unfeathered nostrils (ibid.). gymnosomate (-ˈsəʊmət), -ˈsomatous, -ˈsomous adjs. Zool. [Gr. σῶµ-α, σωµατ- body], pertaining to the Gymnosomata, an order of pteropods having a naked body. gymnospore (ˈdʒɪmnəspɔə(r)) Bot. [spore], a naked spore; so gymˈnosporous, having uncovered spores (Cassell, 1884). gymnotetraspermous (-tɛtrəˈspɜːməs) a. Bot. [Gr. τετρα- four, σπέρµ-α seed]: see quots. gymnotocous (-ˈɒtəkəs) a. Zool. [Gr. τόκ-ος bringing-forth, offspring], having the genital products uncovered, as certain hydroids (Cent. Dict.). gymnozoidal (-ˈzəʊɪdəl) a. Zool. [Gr. ζῷ-ον animal: see -id3], pertaining to the Gymnozoida, a section of Infusoria in Saville Kent's classification.
| 1880 Gray Struct. Bot. 413/2 *Gymnanthous. Naked flowered. |
| 1871 Allman (title) A Monograph of the *Gymnoblastic or Tubularian Hydroids. |
| 1876 Macalister Anim. Morphology i. 5 A naked cytode is called a *gymnocytode..a naked cell is a *gymnocyte. |
| 1842 Brande Dict. Sci. etc., *Gymnodonts, Gymnodontes, the name of the family of Plectognathic fishes. |
| 1846 Lindley Veg. Kingd. 4 Exogens have been broken up into 1. Exogens proper, or those having an ovary, style, and stigma; and 2. *Gymnogens, which have neither. |
| 1861 Sir W. J. Hooker Brit. Ferns Pl. 1 Gymnogramme leptophylla..Small Annual *Gymnogram. 1864 T. Moore Brit. Ferns 35 The Gymnogram. This plant belongs to a family of which nearly all the species are tropical. |
| 1875 Blake Zool. 329 It is called phylactolæmatous, as opposed to marine *gymnolæmatous. |
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. vi. (1765) 85 Such as have an imbricated amentum and are *gymnomonospermous. |
| 1870 Nicholson Man. Zool. I. 84 note, The old sub-class of the Acalephæ contained the *Gymnophthalmate Medusæ (= the Discophora) and the Steganophthalmate Medusæ. [1870 Nicholson Man. Zool. Gloss., Gymnophthalmata, applied by Edward Forbes to those Medusæ in which the eye-specks at the margin of the disc are unprotected. The division is now abandoned.] |
| 1871 Allman Gymnoblastic Hydroids 80 M{supc}Crady divides the *gymnophthalmatous or hydroid medusæ into the ‘endostomata’ and the ‘exostomata’. |
| Ibid. 2 The so-called naked-eyed or *gymnophthalmic Medusæ. |
| 1879 Rossiter Dict. Sci. Terms, *Gymnophthalmous, naked-eyed. |
| 1730–6 Bailey (folio), *Gymnopolyspermous Plants, such as bear two naked Seeds inclosed in a Calyx, without any Seed-Vessel. |
| 1885 Ray Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 837 The naked protoplasmic particles that issue from such coated spores, or are formed directly by the rapid fission of the parent Protozoon..are termed ‘*gymnospores’. |
| 1730–6 Bailey (folio), *Gymnotetraspermous Plants, such as have four naked Seeds inclosed in a Calyx, without any Seed-Vessel. 1866 Treas. Bot. 560/2 Gymnotetraspermous, having such a four-lobed ovary as is found in labiates, which was formerly thought to consist of four naked seeds. |
| 1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 329 The independent or *Gymnozoidal section of the collared Flagellata or Discostomata. |