2. (Zoöl.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.

An"dro*sphinx (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; sphinx.] (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.

An"dro*spore (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man + &?; a seed.] (Bot.) A spore of some algæ, which has male functions.

An*drot"o*mous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.

An*drot"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; a cutting. Cf. Anatomy.] Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy; anthropotomy. [R.]

*an"drous (&?;). [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man.] (Bot.) A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.

A*near" (&?;), prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + near.] Near. [R.] "It did not come anear." Coleridge.

The measure of misery anear us.

I. Taylor.

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