n. [ Pref. dys- + teleology. ] (Biol.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism. [ 1913 Webster ]
To the doctrine of dysteleology, or the denial of final causes, a proof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct must necessarily be fatal. Word (Dynamic Sociology). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Hostel, and cf. Hostler. ]
n. A small genus of herbs of the Southeastern U. S. and tropical America and Africa.
n. Same as Hosteler. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Stale a handle. ] A stale, or handle; a stalk. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. ] Same as Stela. [ 1913 Webster ]
One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Stela. ] Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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