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STOMATODA 



solid ; chrome, colour.] A process in fresco- 



painting by which the colours are covered 



with a varnish of soluble glass. 

 Stereoguathuf, ( ster-e-og-nath'us ). [ Gk. 



stereos, solid; gnathos, jaw.] A small animal, 



belonging to Mammalia, a fossil jaw of which 



was found in the Stouesfield slates. 

 Stereography, (ster-e-og'ra-nX [Gk. ttereot, 



solid; grapho, 1 write.] The delineation, on 



plane surfaces, of the forms of solid bodies. 

 Stereoscope, ( ster'e-O-skOp ). [Gk. stereos, 



solid ; skopeo, I view.] 



An instrument in which 



two photographs, or pic- 



tures, nearly but not 



quite alike, look like 



one, the figures looking 



like solid bodies: ach 



picture is what one eye 



would see if looking at Stereowope. 



the actual objects represented, so that the 



two together give a real picture. 

 Stereotype, (ster'e-o-tip). [Gk. stertos, solid; 



Type, q.v.] A plate of metal, cast from a 



page or pages of movable type, which can 



be printed from. 

 Sterna, (ste.r'na). [Gk. sta-non, breast.] v. 



Sternum. 

 Sternbergia, (st?rn-b?r'ji-a). Fossil pith of 



trees, found in coal. 

 Stern-sheets. The hind-part of a boat, be- 



tween the rowers and the stern. 

 Sternum, (sternum). [Gk. fternon, breast- 



bone. ]= Breast-bone: the central bone formed 



by the meeting of the ribs. 

 Stethoscope, (steth'5-skop). [Gk. ttethos, 



breast; tiopeo, I view.] A medical 



apparatus, consisting essentially 



of a tube of wood, by which the 



pulsations of the various parts of 



the body can be measured, sounds 



being conveyed from withiu the 



chest to the ear. 

 Bthenic, (sthen'ik). [Gk. sthenot, 



strength.] Belated to excessive Stethoscope. 



action, of the heart, &c. cf. Asthenic. 

 Stibium, (stib'i-um). [The Latiu word.]= 



Antimony, q.v. 

 Stick insects =Phas- 



mida), q.v. S. lac, 



v. Lac. 

 Stickle-back=Gaster- 



osteus trauhurua: 



a small pond-fish. 

 Stigma, (stig'ma). [Gk. stigma, mark.] 



upper portion of a pistil, 



upon which the pollen 



is received. 

 Stigroaria, (stig-mii'ri-a). 



[ Stigma, q.v.] Roots 



of Sigillaria, found in 



the tire -clay beneath 



the coal-beds. 

 Stigmata, ( stig'ma- ta ). , Stigma, 



[Gk. stigma, mark.]=Spiracula; in insects. 

 Stilaginaceae, (ati-la-jtn-a'se-e). [Stilafio, the 



typical genus. ]=Autidesmads : tre8 and 



shrubs with leathery leaves, belonging to 



Urticales. 



Stickle-back. 



The 



Stilbaceac, (stil-ba'se-6). (Stilbe, the typical 



genus.] = Stilbids : resinous shrubs, \\ith 



narrow leathery leaves, belonging to Genti- 



anales. 

 Stilbene, (stil'bCn)=C 1 4lIio: a hydrocarbon, 



belonging to the Stilbic series. 

 Stilbic acid, (stil'bik). [Gk. ttilbe, lustre.]= 



Benzilic acid, q.v. 

 Stilbite, (stil'bit). [Gk. ttilbe, lustre. l=Hy- 



dtated labradorite: a mineral of the Zeolite 



group, a silicate of alumina and lime, found 



in Porphyritic rocks. 

 Stilbyl, (stirbil). [Stilbic, q.v.: Gk. liilt, 



material] = C^H^O* : the radicle of the 



Stilbic series; also called I5--n.'il--. 

 Stilbylic acid, (stilbi-lik)=Still>ic acid. 

 StiU, (stil). [L. stilla, drop.] An apparatus 



for distillation. 

 Stillingia, (stil-lin'ji-a). [Dr. BtUltoffiM*.] 



A plant belonging to Euphorbiac, 



w6i/ra=Tallow tree. 

 Stilpnosiderite, (stilp-no-side-rlt). A dark 



variety of limonite, one of the iron group 



of minerals. 

 Stilt plover. A variety of the plover, named 



from ita long legs. 

 Sting. <S.-6u^=Trachinus draco. 



S.-Jish = Trachinus vipera. S.- 



ray=Trygon pastinaca. 

 Stiperstones group. Lowest beds , 



of Lower Silurian=Lower Llan- 



deilo. 

 Stipules, (stip'ulz). [L. ttipula. 



Scales at the bases of some 



leaves. )n<AouS.=Exstipulate. 

 Stitch-wort=Stellaria, q.v. 

 Stoat, (stot)=Mus- 



tela errainea : a 



small animal be- 

 longing to Muste- 



lidaa. 

 Stock = Matthiola, 



q.v. 8. rforc=The 



wild pigeon. 

 Stockade, (stok-ad'). 



A fortification of 



rough-hewed wood. 

 Stolon, (sto'lon). [L. stoln, 



shoot-fork.] An offshoot: 



a connecting band or tube 



in Ascidians, et. 

 Stomach, (stum'ak). [Stom-, 



achus, the Latin word.] 



An enlargement of the, 



gullet, in which the food 



is digested with gastric 



juice, and converted into 



chyme. 



Stomach animals. Oken's term for Infusoria. 

 Stomapoda, (sto-map'6-da). [Gk.stoma, mouth ; 



poda, feet.]=Stomatopoda: Crustacean ani- 

 mals with a cephalic carapace and stalked 



eyes. 

 Stomates, (sto'mats.) [Gk. stoma, mouth.] 



Openings in the epidermis of plants: not 



found in cryptogamic plants, iior in any 



plants growing in darkness. 

 Stomatoda, (st6-mat'6-da). One of Ehreii- 



berg's divisions of Infusoria. 



a, Stipule. 



Stockade. 



