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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



thers that take their rise from the 

 shoulders of birds, and cover the 

 sides of the back. 



SCA'PUS Lat. A stalk. That part 

 of the feather of a bird which 

 forms the stem, including the quill 

 or calamus. 



SCARABE'US. Lat. A beetle, a chaf- 

 fer. 



SCA'RIOSE. ") In botany, membranous 



SCA'IUOCS. j and dry. Having a 

 thin membranous margin. 



SCHIST. fr. gr. schizein, to divide. 

 A sort of stone which separates 

 into leaves or plates like slate, 

 but not to the same extent. A 

 generic name given by geologists 

 to all minerals which split or di- 

 vide into very thin plates. 



SCHI STO'SE. Slaty. 



SCIENCE. fr. lat.scientia, knowledge. 

 Any art or species of knowledge, 

 arranged in order, or on some 

 plan. 



SCIENOIDES. Systematic name of a 

 family of fishes. 



SCINCOIDEA. ") fr. gr. skigkos, a sort of 



SciircOiDES. 3 crocodile; eidos, re- 

 semblance. Systematic name of 

 a family of saurians. 



SciifauE. Fr. A kind of saurian. 



SCION. A shoot intended for a graft. 

 A shoot proceeding laterally from 

 the root, or bulb of a root. 



SCIU'RUS. Lat. A squirrel. 



SCLERODE'RMJ. fr.gr. skleros, hard ; 

 derma, skin. Hard-skinned. Sys- 

 tematic name of a family of 

 fishes. 



SCLE'ROGEN. fr. gr. skleros. hard ; 

 gennao, to produce. The matter 

 of lignification which is deposited 

 on the inner surface of the cells 

 of plants, contributing to their 

 thickness. 



SCLE'ROPS fr. gr. skleros, hard ; ops, 

 eye. Specific name of a kind of 

 crocodile. 



SCLERO'TICA. fr. gr. sklerofi, I har- 

 den. A hard, resisting, pearly 

 white, opaque membrane, which 

 forms the posterior jour-fifths of 



the external coat or covering of 

 the eye-ball. 



SCO'LOPAX. fr. gr. skolopax, a snipe ; 

 a woodcock. Generic name of 

 the snipe. 



SCOLOPEN'DRA Lat. Generic name 

 of centipedes. 



SCOMBER. Lat. A mackerel. f 



SCOMBE'RIDJE. ) fr. gr. skombros, 



SCOMBEROI'DES. mackerel ; eidos, 

 resemblance. Systematic name 

 of a family of fishes. 



SCOPA'RIUM. fr. lat. scopa, butcher's 

 broom, milfoil. Specific name of 

 a plant. 



SCO'PIFORM. fr. lat. scopa, a broom; 

 forma, shape. Broom-shape. In 

 mineralogy, applied to any aggre- 

 gate of small diverging crystals, 

 or fibres. 



SCOPS., fr. gr. skops, an owl. The 

 systematic name of an owl. 



SCORBI'CULATE. Pitted; having the 

 surface covered with hollows. 



SCO'RIJE. Lat. plur. of scoria, dross. 

 Volcanic cinders. Cinders and 

 slags of basaltic lavas of a red- 

 dish brown and black colour. 



SCORIA'CEOUS. Of the nature of 

 scoriae. 



SCO'RIFORM. In form of scoriae. 



SCOH'PIO. Lat. A scorpion. 



SCOK'POID. In botany, applied to 

 unilateral racemes which are re- 

 volute before they expand. 



SCROBIC'ULATE. In botany, exca- 

 vated into little pits or hollows. 



SCHOPHA, or SCROFA. Lat. A sow. 



SCRO'TIFORM. Formed like a double 

 bag. 



SCURF. The thin flat membranous 

 disks, with ragged margin, formed 

 jof cellular tissue, springing from 

 the epidermis of plants. 



SCURFY. In botany, covered with 

 scales resembling scurf. 



SCU'TATE. Formed like an ancient 

 round buckler. Covered with 

 large scales. 



SCUTEL'LUM. Lat. A little shield. 

 Apothecium. In botany, the little 

 coloured cup or disk found in the 



