[ Gr. &unr_; to split, cleave. ] A combining form denoting division or cleavage;
n. [ Schizo- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Schizo- + Gr. &unr_; hollow. ] (Anat.) See Enterocoele. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a schizocoele. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Schizo- + genesis. ] (Biol.) Reproduction by fission. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Schizognathous. ] (Zool.) Any bird with a schizognathous palate. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The schizognathous birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The condition of having a schizognathous palate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Schizo- + Gr. &unr_; the jaw. ] (Zool.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl., [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to split + &unr_;, -&unr_;, a fungus. ] (Biol.) An order of