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‖n. [ NL., from Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &unr_; house. ] (bot.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. pl. [ NL. antoeci, fr. Gr. pl. 'a`ntoiki; 'anti` opposite + o'ikei^n to live. ] Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; house. ] (Biol.) Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with heterœcious. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Quality of being autœcious. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) See Cæcilian. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. koino`s common + o'i^kos house. ] (Zool.) The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. di = di`s twice + o'i^kos a house. ] 1. (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.

{ } a. (Biol.) Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to monœcious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Biol.) In a diœcious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diœciously hermaphrodite (Bot.), having flowers structurally perfect, but practically diœcious, -- those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on another no ovules. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) The state or quality of being diœcious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) The condition of being diœcious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. gynh` a woman + E. diœcious. ] (Bot.) Diœcious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman + o'i^kos house. ] (Bot.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; house. ] (Bot.) Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus (Puccinia graminis), and certain other parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with autœcious. -- Het`er*œ"cism n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe. [ Southern U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &unr_; house. ] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monoecia; monoecious. -- n. One of the Monoecia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A monoecious animal, as certain mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to dioecious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) The state or condition of being monoecious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. o'i^kos a house + -oid. ] (Anat.) The colorless porous framework, or stroma, of red blood corpuscles from which the zooid, or hemoglobin and other substances of the corpuscles, may be dissolved out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. o'i^kos house + -logy. ] (Biol.) The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world; -- now more commonly spelled ecology. [ Also spelled ecology. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Economical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Economics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Ecumenical. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Ooecia [ NL., fr. Gr. w, 'o`n an egg + &unr_; a house. ] (Zool.) One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined to receive and develop ova; an ovicell. See Bryozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of fowl including the sharp-tailed grouse (Pedioecetes phasianellus, also called the prairie chicken).
Syn. -- genus Pedioecetes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL. perioeci, fr. Gr. &unr_;; peri` around + &unr_; house, dwelling. ] Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it is midnight in the other. Compare Antœci. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Poicile. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;); cf. L. poecile. ] The frescoed porch or gallery in Athens where Zeno taught. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. poiki`los many-colored, variegated. ] (Geol.) (a) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said of certain rocks. (b) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors. [ Also written poikilitic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pœcilopode. ] (Zool.) One of the Pœcilopoda. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; variegated, manifold + -poda. ] (Zool.) (a) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea). (b) By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., n., etc. See Stoichiology, Stoichiometry, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. syn- + Gr. &unr_; house. ] (Bot.) Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Triœcious. ] (Bot.) The third order of the Linnaean class Polygamia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + Gr. &unr_; house. ] (Bot.) Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Triœcia. [ 1913 Webster ]