| Edriophthalma | ‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "edrai^os steadfast + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.] (Zoöl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca. [Written also Edriophthalmata.] [1913 Webster] |
| Gymnophthalmata | ‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + 'ofqalmo`s the eye. ] (Zool.) A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusæ; the hydromedusæ. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Halma | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "a`lma, fr. "a`llesqai to leap. ] (Greek Antiq.) The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Halma | n. A game played on a board having 256 squares, by two persons with 19 men each, or by four with 13 men each, starting from different corners and striving to place each his own set of men in a corresponding position in the opposite corner by moving them or by jumping them over those met in progress. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Steganophthalmata | ‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. stegano`s covered + 'ofqalmo`s the eye. ] (Zool.) The Discophora, or Phanerocarpae. Called also Steganophthalmia. [ 1913 Webster ] |
