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Punctate. Dotted with points. 
Pyloric ceca. Glandular appendages in the form of blind sacs opening 
into the alimentary canal of most fishes at the pylorus or passage 
from the stomach to the intestine. 
Quadrate. Nearly square ; a bone of the lower jaw in lower vertebrates. 
Quill. One of the stiff feathers of the wing or tail of a bird. 
Quincunr. Set of five arranged alternately, thus * » * 
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Radius. Outer bone of fore-arm. 
Ray. One of the cartilaginous rods which support the membrane of 
the fin of a fish. 
Rectrices. Quills of the tail of a bird. 
Recurved. Curved upward. 
Remiges. Quills of the wing of a bird. 
Reticulate. Marked with a network of lines. 
Retractile. Susceptible of being drawn inward, as a cat’s claw. 
Retrorse. Turned backward. 
Rhachis. Shaft of a quill. 
Rictal. Pertaining to the rictus, as rictal bristles. 
Rictus. Gape of the mouth. 
Rostral. Pertaining to the snout, as rostral plate. 
Rudimentary. Undeveloped. 
Ruff. A series of modified feathers. 
Rugose. Rough with wrinkles. 
Sacral. Pertaining to the sacrum, or vertebre of the pelvic region. 
Saurognathous. Waving the peculiar (“lizard-like”) structure of the 
palate found in Woodpeckers. 
Scansorial. Capable of climbing. 
Scansorial tail. Tail feathers sharp and stiff, as in the scansorial birds 
(Woodpeckers). 
Scapula. Shoulder blade; in fishes, the bone of the shoulder girdle 
below the post-temporal. 
Scapular arch. Shoulder girdle. 
Schizognathous. Split palate, as in the Heron and similar birds. 
Scute. Any external bony or horny plate. 
Scutellate. Provided with scutella; said of the tarsus when covered 
with broad plates in a regular vertical series, and separated by 
regular lines of impression. 
Scutellum. One of the tarsal plates or scutella. 
Secondaries. The quills growing on the fore arm. 
Second dorsal. The posterior or soft part of the dorsal fin, when the 
two parts are separated. 
Sectorial tooth. One of the premolars of carnivora, adapted for cutting. 
Semipalmate. Half-webbed; having the anterior toes more or less 
connected at base by a webbing which does not extend to the 
claws. 
Septum. A thin partition. 
Serrate. Notched, like a saw. 
Sessile. Without a stem or peduncle. 
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