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spuriae (spu'rle) n. plu. [L. spurius> 

 false.] The feathers of the alula or 

 bastard wing (zool.). 



spurious (spu'rius) a. [L. spurius, 

 false.] Seemingly true but mor- 

 phologically false ; appl. dissepi- 

 ment, fruit (bot.), vein, wing (zoo/.). 



squama (skwa'ma) n. [L. squama, 

 a scale.] A squame or scale ; a 

 part arranged like a scale (bot.) ; 

 the antitegula of Diptera, or lobe 

 at the base of the wing ; a scale- 

 like body attached to the second 

 podomere of the antenna of some 

 Crustaceans (zoo/.). 



squamate (skwa'mat) a. [L. squama, 

 scale.] Scaly. 



squamation (skwama'shun) n. [L. 

 squama, scale.] Scale arrange- 

 ment. 



squamella (skwamel'a) . [L. squama, 

 scale.] A small scale or bract ; 

 a palea (bot.}. 



squamellate (skwameTat) a. [L. 

 squama, a scale.] Having small 

 scales or bracts ; squamelliferous 

 (bot.). 



squamelliform (skwameTiform) a. 

 [L. squama, scale ; forma, shape.] 

 Resembling a squamella. 



squamiferous (skwamif'e'rus) a. [L. 

 squama, scale ; ferre, to bear.] 

 Bearing scales. 



squamiform (skwa'miform) a. [L. 

 squama, scale ; forma, shape.] 

 Scale-like. 



squamigerous, squamiferous. 



squamosal (skwamo'sal) n. [L. 

 squama, scale.] A membrane bone 

 of the vertebrate skull forming part 

 of the posterior side wall (zool.). 



squamose (skwa'mos) a. [L. squama, 

 a scale.] Covered with scales. 



squamous (skwa'mus) a. [L. squama, 

 scale.] Scaly ; squamate ; squa- 

 mose. 



squamous epithelium, pavement 

 epithelium. 



squamula (skwam'ula) n. [L. squama, 

 scale.] A squamule or small scale ; 

 a minute membranous scale found 

 in Grasses (bot.) ; the tegula of some 

 Insects (zool.). 



squamulate (skwam'ulat) a. [L. 

 squama, scale.] Having minute 

 scales (bot.). 



squamulose, squamulate. 



squarrose (skwor'os) a. [L.L. squar- 

 rosus, scurfy.] Rough with pro- 

 jecting scales or jags. 



squarrulose (skwo/ulos) a. [L.L. 

 squarrosus, scurfy.] Tending to 

 become squarrose (bot.). 



stadium (sta'dium) n. [L. stare, to 

 stand.] A stage in development or 

 life-history of plant or animal. 



stage (staj) n. [L. stare, to stand.] 

 A period in the life-history of meta- 

 morphous animals. 



staghorned (stag'hornd) a. [Icel. 

 stiga, to mount ; A.S. horn.~\ 

 Having large branched mandibles, 

 as a stag-beetle. 



stagnicolous (stagnik'olus) a. [L. 

 stagnum, standing water ; colere, 

 to inhabit] Living in stagnant 

 water. 



stalk (stok) n. [A.S. stel, stem.] The 

 stem or axis supporting outgrowths 

 (bot.) ; a stem-like structure in 

 animals, as in some Alcyonaria 

 (zool.). 



stalk-cell, the barren cell of two 

 into which the antheridial cell of 

 the pine divides, the other, the 

 generative (bot.). 



stalk-eyed, having the eyes at the 

 end of a short stalk, as in some 

 Crustaceans,^/, sessile-eyed. 



stamen (sta'men) n. [L. stare, to 

 stand.] The male organ of a 

 flower, consisting of stalk or fila- 

 ment with anther containing pollen 

 (bot.). 



staminal (stam'inal) a. [L. stare, 

 to stand.] Pert, a stamen. 



staminate (stam'mat) a. [L. stare, 

 to stand.] Producing or consisting 

 of stamens. 



staminiferous (staminif'erus) a. [L. 

 stare, to stand ; ferre, to bear.] 

 Staminigerous ; stamen-bearing. 



staminode (stam'inod) n. [L. stare, 

 to stand ; Gk. eidos, resemblance.] 

 Also staminodium, a foliaceous 

 scale-like body in some flowers, 

 derived from a metamorphosed 

 stamen ; a rudimentary stamen 

 (bot.). 



staminody (stam'modl) n. [L. stare, 

 to stand ; Gk. eidos, resemblance.] 

 The metamorphosis of flower 

 organs into stamens (bot.). 



stapes (sta'pez) n. [L.L. stapes, 



