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hynerpeton
  • n  earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania
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hynerpeton bassetti
  • n  fossil amphibian of the Devonian having well-developed forelimbs; found in Pennsylvania
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hyoid bone
  • n  a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
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hyoscine
  • n  an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures
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hyoscyamine
  • n  a poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent); used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract
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hyoscyamus muticus
  • n  poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine
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hyoscyamus niger
  • n  poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
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hypallage
  • n  reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')
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hypanthium
  • n  the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
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hypatia
  • n  Greek philosopher and astronomer; she invented the astrolabe (370-415)
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hype
  • n  blatant or sensational promotion
  • v  publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner
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hypentelium nigricans
  • n  widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams
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