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Testaceous ; pertaining to the testacca, or animals covered with a hard shell like the 

 tortoise 



Tertiaries; the interior feathers of the wing, or those next the body. 



Tetradaclyle ; furnished with four toes or claws. 



Triquetrous ; three-sided. 



Univalve; a shell complete in a single piece. 



Ung-uiculated ; furnished with nails or claws. 



Vent; (in birds,) the under part of the rump. 



Ventral; belonging to the belly. 



Waders ; those birds which frequent the shore, but do not swim. 



Wattles ; the loose red flesh hanging about the neck of the turkey and some othei 

 birds. 



Zoophyte; a body partaking of the nature of animals and vegetables. 



Zygodactylous ; having the toes disposed in pairs. 



