Antlered
(Ant"lered) a. Furnished with antlers.
The antlered stag.
Cowper.
Antlia
(||Ant"li*a) n.; pl. Antilæ [L., a pump, Gr, hold of a ship] (Zoöl.) The spiral tubular proboscis of
lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.
Ant-lion
(Ant"-li`on) n. (Zoöl.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to
capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.
Antœci
(||An*tœ"ci) Antœcians
(An*tœ"cians) 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.
Antonomasia
(||An`to*no*ma"si*a) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. to name instead; + to name, name.] (Rhet.) The
use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the
person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or,
conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon,
or an eminent orator a Cicero.
Antonomastic
(An`to*no*mas"tic) a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. — An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly
adv.
Antonomasy
(An*ton"o*ma*sy) n. Antonomasia.
Antonym
(An"to*nym) n. [Gr. a word used in substitution for another; + a word.] A word of opposite
meaning; a counterterm; — used as a correlative of synonym. [R.] C. J. Smith.
Antorbital
(Ant*or"bit*al) a. [Pref. anti- + orbital.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of
the front of the orbit. — n. The antorbital bone.
Antorgastic
(Ant`or*gas"tic) a. See Antiorgastic.
Antozone
(Ant*o"zone) n. [Pref. anti- + ozone.] (Chem.) A compound formerly supposed to be modification
of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; — so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone,
converting it into ordinary oxygen.
Antral
(An"tral) a. (Anat.) Relating to an antrum.
Antre
(An"tre) n. [F. antre, L. antrum, fr. Gr. .] A cavern. [Obs.] Shak.
Antrorse
(An*trorse") a. [From L. ante + versun turned; apparently formed in imitation of retrorse.]
(Bot.) Forward or upward in direction. Gray.
Antrovert
(An`tro*vert") v. t. To bend forward. [R.] Owen.
Antrum
(||An"trum) n.; pl. Antra [L., fr. Gr. .] A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus.
Huxley.
Antrustion
(||An*trus"tion) n. [F., fr. LL. antrustio.] A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes
in their enterprises.
