Temporary Pasture 



A pasture used for grazing for only a short period, usu- 

 ally composed of annual plants, cf. Tame pasture. 



Tendon 



A band of dense, fibrous tissue connecting a muscle to 

 some other part, usually a bone, in an animal. 



Tendril 



A stem, leaf, leaflet, or stipule of a plant, modified into 

 a slender structure that coils around an object thus giving 

 support to the plant bearing the tendril, e. g., pea vines, 

 clematis. 



Tensiometer 



An instrument for measuring the tension with which 

 water is held in the soil. cf. Stress. 



Tentacle 



A slender, flexible organ, usually tactile, attached to the 

 head of many kinds of animals such as insects, jellyfish, and 

 snails; also the hair-like structures on the insectivorous sun- 

 dew plant which traps insects. 



Teratology 



The study that deals with monstrosities and malforma- 

 tions in organisms, especially in man. 



Termitarium 



A mound constructed and inhabited by termites. 



Termites 



Animals in the order Isoptera (white ants), resembling 

 true ants, forming large, complex colonies with a highly de- 

 veloped social system, occurring especially in the Tropics. 



TermiticoSe 



An organism inhabiting a termite nest. 



Termitiphile 



An organism living with termites in their galleries. 



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