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angx, line of battle.] Pert, tarsus 

 and phalanges (zool.}. 



tarsus (tar'sus) n. [Gk. tarsos, sole 

 of the foot] The ankle - bones, 

 usually consisting of two rows 

 (zool.} ; a cartilage plate of the 

 eyelid. See tarsi (anat.). 



tartareous (tartar'eus) a. [L.L. 

 tartarum, an acid salt.] Having 

 a rough and crumbling surface 

 (bot.}. 



taste bud, an end-organ of taste, 

 consisting of a flask-shaped group 

 of modified epithelial cells found 

 on the tongue and adjacent parts ; 

 a gustatory calyculus (anat.). 



taxis (tak'sls) n. [Gk. taxis, arrange- 

 ment.] A tendency of an organism 

 towards (positive) or away from 

 (negative) a source of stimulus 

 (biol.}. 



taxonomy (takson'omi) n. [Gk. taxis, 

 arrangement ; names, law.] The 

 laws of classification as applied to 

 Natural History. 



tectology (tektol'oji) n. [Gk. tekton, 

 a carpenter ; logos, discourse.] 

 Morphology in which an organism 

 is considered as a group of morpho- 

 logical as distinct from physiologi- 

 cal units or individuals (biol.}. 



tectorial (tekto'rial) a. [L. tectus, 

 covered.] Covering ; appl. a mem- 

 brane covering the spiral organ of 

 Corti (anat.}. 



tectospondylic (tek'tospondll'lk) a. 

 [L. tectus, covered ; Gk. sphondylos, 

 a vertebra.] Having vertebrae with 

 several concentric rings of calcifica- 

 tion, as in some Elasmobranchs 

 (zool.}. 



tectrices (tek'trisez) n. plu. [L. 

 tectus, covered.] Wing-coverts ; 

 small feathers covering the bases 

 of the remiges and filling gaps 

 between them (zool.}. 



teeth (teth) n. plu. [A.S. toth, a 

 tooth.] Hard bony growths on 

 maxillae, premaxillae, and man- 

 dibles of Mammals ; growths of 

 similar, of chitinous, or of horny 

 formation borne on jaws or tongue 

 (zool.}. 



tegmen (tgg'me'n) n. [L. tegmen, a 

 covering.] The integument, endo- 

 pleura, or inner seed-coat (bot.} ; 

 the calyx cover of Crinoids ; an 



anterior wing of Orthoptera (zool.} ; 

 a thin plate of bone over the 

 tympanic antrum (anat.}. 



tegmentum (tfigmfen'tum) n. [L. 

 teginen, a covering.] A protective 

 bud-scale (bot.} ; a tract of the mid- 

 brain (anat.}. 



tegula (teg'ula) n. [L. tegula, a tile.] 

 A small flap on the mesothorax 

 overhanging the articulation of 

 the wings in Lepidoptera ; a small 

 lobe at the wing-base of Diptera 

 (zool.}. 



tegular (tegular) a. [L. tegula, a 

 tile.] Pert, a tegula ; consisting 

 of a tile-like structure. 



tela (te'la) n. [L. tela, a web.] A 

 web-like tissue ; appl. the choroid 

 membrane (anat.}. 



telarian (tgla'rlan) a. [L. tela, a web.] 

 Web-spinning. 



telegony (teleg'onl) n. [Gk. tele, 

 far; gonos, offspring.] The sup- 

 posed influence of a male parent 

 on offspring subsequent to his own, 

 of the same female parent (biol.}. 



teleianthous (teTlan'thus) a. [Gk. 

 teleios, complete ; anthos, flower.] 

 Appl. a flower having both gynoe- 

 cium and androecium (bot.}. 



telencephalon (teTenkei'alon, -s6f-) n. 

 [Gk. tele, far ; engkephalon, brain.] 

 The anterior part of the fore-brain 

 (emb.}. 



teleodont (teTeodfint) a. [Gk. tele, 

 far ; odous, a tooth.] Appl. forms 

 of Stag-beetles with largest man- 

 dible development (zool.}. 



teleophore (teTeofor) n. [Gk. teleos, 

 complete ; pherein, to bear.] A 

 gonotheca, or transparent case 

 enclosing medusae of Hydrozoa 

 (zool.}. 



teleorganic (teTWrgan'lk) a. [Gk. 

 teleos, complete ; organon, instru- 

 ment.] Appl. functions vital to 

 an organism (phys.}. 



telescoplform (t616sko'plf6rm) a. 

 [Gk. tele, far ; skopein, to view ; L. 

 forma, shape.] Having joints that 

 telescope successively into each 

 other. 



teleutogonidium (teiu'togSnld'lum), 

 teleutospore (tglu'tospor) /;. [Gk. 

 teleute, completion ; gonos, off- 

 ring ; sporos, seed.] In the 

 redineae, a winter-spore formed 

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