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Webster 1913 Edition

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(jĭmˊnō̍-blăs′tē̍-ȧ)

Noun.

pl.

[NL. fr. Gr.

γυμνόσ

naked +

βλαστάνειν

to sprout.]

(Zool.)

The Athecata; – so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.