GYMNOPLAST Gym"no*plast, n. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + pla`ssein to shape, mold.] (Biol.)
Defn: A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.
GYMNORHINAL
Gym"no*rhi`nal, a. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds.
GYMNOSOMATA
Gym`no*so"ma*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.
GYMNOSOPHIST
Gym*nos"o*phist, n. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + gymnosophisle.]
Defn: One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.
GYMNOSOPHY
Gym*nos"o*phy, n.
Defn: The doctrines of the Gymnosophists. Good.