GLOSSARY. 



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Stip'ula, n. Newly sprouted feather. 



Sto'ma, n. Mouth. 



Strag'ulum, n. Mantle ; back aud folded 

 wings taken together. Same as palliiim. 

 (61.) (Little used.) 



Stka'tum, n. Laj-er. 



Stre.vk, n. Lengthwise color-mark ; not so 

 strong, firm, or large as stripe. 



Stui'a, n. ; pi. slrUe. Stripe ; streak. 



Stki'.vte, a. Striped ; streaked. 



Stiu'dent, a. Shrill. 



Stkic'i.ve, a. Owl-like ; belonging to the 

 Strigida:. 



Stkipe, 11. A long, strong, sharp streak. 



Stko'.ma, J^. Essential texture of any organ. 



Sruu'TuiofS, a. Ostrich-like. 



Sty'loid or Sty'liform, a. Shaped like a peg 

 or }iin. 



Sub- (in composition). Under ; less than ; not 

 quite ; somewhat ; slightly so. Sub- dimin- 

 ishes tlie force, point, or e-xtenc uf application 

 of a term. 



SuB-B.i'sAL, a. Near the base. 



Sub-class, )^. -An intermediate group often rec- 

 ognized between class and order, of less ta.x- 

 onomic value than the former. 



Subc-la'vian, a. Beneath the clavicle. 



Subfam'ily", n. A group betw'een a family and 

 a genus. 



Subge'nus, n. A group between a genus and a 

 species. (Often used ; of extremely iiidelinite 

 value.) 



Subm.a.x'illary, «. orii. Under the jaw. Also, 

 equivalent to inferior maxillary or mnndiblc. 



Subscap'ular, a. or n. Under the shoidder- 

 blade ; name of a muscle. 



SUBTYP'iC-4.L, a. Not quite true to the type ; 

 deviating somewhat ; slightly aberrant. It 

 expresses a condition between typical and 

 ahcrntnt. 



Sub'ulate, a. Awl-shaped. 



Suffr.y'go, 11. The tibio-tarsal joint ; the heel- 

 joint. (103.) 



SuFFU'siON', n. A "running" shade of color. 



Sul'cate, a. Grooved or channelled. 



Sul'cus, n. A groove or channel. 



^\:'vzB.-{inconiposition). Over; above; beyond; 

 more than. The opposite qualification of sub-. 



SuPEECiL'iARY', a. Pertaining to region of eye- 

 brow, as a streak of color over the eye. 



Supercil'ut.m, n. Eyebrow. (43.) 



Sl'per-f.vm'ilt, n. A group containing one or 

 more families, yet not of ordinal rank. 



Si'PEP.Fir'iES, /!. The exterior in general. 



Supe'iucju, <(. Lying over, above, or upper- 

 most. 



SuPEROCClP'iTAL, a. for n. The superior ele- 

 ment of the occii)ital bone. 



Supeu-or'der, n. A group containing one or 

 more order-s, yet not of the taxonomic rank of 

 a class. (N. li. Super-genus is a word not 

 yet used. ) 



SuPlXA'roR, n. Name of a muscle that effects, 

 or tends to effect, the reverse movement of 

 pronation (wliich see). 



SupR.i- (in composition). Same as super-. 



Supracil'iary, a. See Supraorbital. 



SuPR.4-occip'lT.\L, a. for h. Superior element 

 of the occipital bone. 



Supr.\op,'bitai., a. Situate over the orbit. 



Supra-renal (body), a. for n. See Adrenal. 



Suiian'oular, a. Name of a certain element 

 of the mandible. 



Sur'sum. Over ; above. 



Su'ture, n. A kind of immovable articulation. 



Sym'bol, n. See Sign. 



Sympathetic System (o/ jicracs). That por- 

 tion of the nervous system not belonging to 

 the cerebro-spinal axis. 



Sy.m'piiysis, n. A growing together ; as, sym- 

 jyhysis pubis, symphysis mcnii. 



Synarthro'sis, n. Same as suture. 



Synchondro'.sis, n. Cartilaginous union or 

 articulation. 



Syndac'tyle or Syndac'tylous, a. Having 

 two toes immovably coherent for a consider- 

 able distance. 



Syngne'sious (foot), a. Same as syndaclyla 

 foot. 



Syn'oxym, n. ; pi. syn'cniyms ov synon'ynui. A 

 dilferent word of the same or similar mean- 

 ing. Archcvoptcryx macrurus, Owen, is a .??/»- 

 onym of Arch. Hthorjraphico, Meyer. Syno- 

 nym is the converse of Jiohionym, which is 

 the same word, of diifercnt meanings. Thus, 

 Sylvicola, Swainsou, a bird, is a homonym of 

 Syhncola, Humphreys, a mollusk. (Also writ- 

 ten synonymc, ) 



Si'NON'y'MOUS, a. Expressing the same mean- 

 ing in different terms. (Synonymical is also 

 written, but rarely.) (.Also written synono- 

 moif.s. ) 



Synon'y.my, n. A collection of synonyms. In 

 this sense, synonymy is a burden and a dis- 

 grace to ornithology. .41so, in the abstract, 

 expression of the same meaning by different 

 words. (Also written synonomy.) 



Syno'via, n. The peculiar glairy fluid which 

 lubricates joints. So, synovial fluid ; syno- 

 vial membrane. 



Syx'thesis, n. Act of putting together this 

 and that fact or observation, whence to de- 

 duce a generalization ; opposed to analysis. 

 Also, merely composition. 



Syringe'al, a. Pei'taining to the lower larynx. 



Sy'rinx, n. The lower larynx, situate at the 

 bottom of the trachea, at the fork of the 

 bronchi. The vocal organ of birds. 



Sys'tole, n. Contraction of the heart, urging 

 on the blood. Opposed to diastole (which 

 see). 



Tac'tile, a. Pertaining to the sense of touch. 



Tail, n. (69.) See Cauda. 



Tail-cov'erts, n. pi. (71.) See Calypteria. 



Tail-feathers, n. }}l. (70.) See Rectrices. 



Ta'lus, n. Same as Calcaneus (w'hich see). 



Tar'sal, a. Kelating to the tarsus, or tarso- 

 metatarsus. 



Tar'so-met.war'sus, n. The morphologically 

 correct term for the segment, commonly called 

 the tarsus in descrijitive ornithology, — that 

 bone reaching from the tibia to the toes, and 

 which is really nearly all metatarsus, but has 

 at its top one of the small tarsal bones con- 

 fluent with it, so that in itself it coni])rehends 

 part of tarsus as well as all of metatarsus. 



Tar'sus, n. The ankle-bones, collectively. In 



