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scandent (skan'dgnt) a. [L. scandere, 

 to climb.] Climbing by stem-roots 

 or tendrils (bot.}. 



scansorial (skanso'rial) a. [L. scan- 

 dere, to climb.] Formed or adapted 

 for climbing (zool.}. 



scape (skap) n. [Gk. skapos, stalk.] 

 A flower-stalk arising at or under 

 the ground ; a radical peduncle, as 

 hyacinth (bot.} ; a structure formed 

 by the two basal segments of the 

 antennae of Diptera (zoo!.). 



scapha (ska'fa) n. [Gk. scaphe, a 

 boat.] The narrow curved depres- 

 sion between helix and antihelix of 

 the ear (anat.}. 



scaphium (ska'fium) n. [Gk. scaphe, 

 boat.] A process of the ninth 

 (copulatory) segment of male Lepi- 

 doptera (zool.}. 



scaphocerite (skafose'rit) n. [Gk. 

 skaphe, boat ; keras, horn.] The 

 scale-like exopodite of the second 

 antenna of Decapods (zool.}. 



scaphognathite (skafognath'lt, 

 skafSg'nathlt) n. [Gk. skaphe, 

 boat ; gnathos, jaw.J The exo- 

 podite of the second maxilla of 

 Decapods, regulating the flow of 

 water through the respiratory 

 chamber (zool.}. 



scaphoid (skaf'oid) a. [Gk. skaphe, 

 boat ; eidos, form.] Shaped like a 

 boat ; appl. a carpal and a tarsal 

 bone (anat.). 



scapholunar (skafolu'nar) a. [Gk. 

 skaphe, boat ; L. luna, moon.] Pert. 

 scaphoid and lunar carpal bones, 

 or those bones fused (anat., zool.}. 



scapiform (ska'pif6rm) a. [Gk. 

 skapos, stalk ; L. forma, shape.] 

 Scapoid ; resembling a scape (bot.). 



scapose (ska'pos) a. [Gk. skapos, 

 stalk.] Consisting of or in the 

 form of a scape (hot.}. 



scapula (skap'ula) n. [L. scapula, 

 shoulder-blade.] The shoulder- 

 blade ; name given to various 

 structures suggestive of a shoulder- 

 blade, as tegula, patagium, meso- 

 thoracic pleuron, fore-leg trochanter 

 of certain Insects ; in Crinoids, the 

 proximal plate of a ray that has an 

 articular facet for the arms (zool.}. 



scapular (skap'ular) a. [L. scapula, 

 shoulder-blade.] Pert, the scapula. 



scapulars, scapular feathers of birds. 



scapus (ska'pus) n. [L. scapus, stem, 

 stalk.] A scape (oof.} ; the stem of 

 a feather (zool.). 



scarfskin (skarf skin) n. [A.S. sceorfa, 

 scurf.] The cuticle or epidermis 

 (anat.}. 



scarious (ska'rius) a. [F. scarieux, 

 membranous.] Thin, dry, mem- 

 branous (hot.} ; scaly or scurfy 

 (zool.}. 



schlndylesis (skin'dile'sls) n. [Gk. 

 schindylesis, a fissure.] Articula- 

 tion in which a thin plate of bone 

 fits into a cleft or fissure, as that 

 between vomer and palatines (anat.}. 



schlzocarp (shiz'okarp, ski-) n. [Gk. 

 schizein, to cleave ; karpos, fruit.] 

 A dry seed-vessel which splits into 

 two or more one-seeded carpels 

 (bot.}. 



schizochroal (shizokro'al, ski-) a. [Gk. 

 schizein, to cleave ; chros, body- 

 surface.] With lenses separate and 

 cornea not continuous ; appl. cer- 

 tain trilobite eyes (pal.}. 



schlzocoel (shiz'osel, ski-) n. [Gk. 

 schizein, to cleave ; koilos, hollow.] 

 A body-cavity formed by splitting 

 of the mesoblast into layers (emb.}. 



schizogamy (shizog'aml, ski-) n. [Gk. 

 schizein, to cleave ; gamos, marriage.] 

 Fission into a sexual and a non- 

 sexual zooid in some Polychaets 

 (zool.}. 



schlzogenesis (sh!z'6j6n'6sis, ski-) n. 

 [Gk. schizein, to cleave ; genesis, 

 descent] Reproduction by means 

 of fission (biol.}. 



schizogenetic (shiz'ojgngt'Ik, ski-) a. 

 [Gk. schizein, to cleave ; genesis, 

 descent.] Reproducing by means 

 of fission (biol.} ; appl. resin ducts 

 in young stems of ivy ; appl. spaces 

 formed by delamination of adjacent 

 cell walls (bot.}. 



schizognathous (shtzog'nathus, ski-) 

 a. [Gk. schizein, to cleave ; gnathos, 

 jaw.J Appl. the arrangement of 

 jaws when the vomer is small and 

 pointed in front and maxillo- 

 palatines do not unite with each 

 other and the vomer, as in the 

 Pigeon (zool.}. 



schizogony (shizog'oni, ski-) n. [Gk. 

 schizein, to cleave ; gonos, offspring.] 

 A kind of multiple fission in Proto- 

 zoa (zool.}. 



