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appl. a canal branching from per- 

 radial canal to tentacle base in 

 Ctenophores (zool.}. 



tentacullferous (tentak'ullfgrus) a. 

 [L.L. tentaculum, a feeler ; ~L.ferre, 

 to carry.] Bearing tentacles (zool.}. 



tentaculiform (tentak'uliform) a. 

 [L.L. tentaculum, a feeler ; L. 

 forma, shape.] Like a tentacle in 

 shape or structure (zool.}. 



tentaculocyst (tentak'uloslst) n. [L. L. 

 tentaculum, a feeler ; Gk. kystis, a 

 bladder.] A sense organ of Trachy- 

 linae, a club-shaped body on the 

 umbrella margin, containing one or 

 more lithites (zool.}. 



tentaculozooids (tSntak'ulozo'oidz) n. 

 plu. [L.L. tentaculum, a feeler ; 

 Gk. soon, animal ; eidos, form.] 

 Long slender tentacular individuals 

 at the outskirts of a hydrozoan 

 colony (zool.}. 



tentaculum (tSntak'ulum) n. [L.L. 

 tentaculum, a feeler.] A tentacle 

 or feeler. 



tentilla (tentil'a), tentillum (tgntH'um) 

 n. [L. tenta, a tent.] A tentacle 

 branch. 



tentorium (tento'rium) n. [L. ten- 

 torium, a tent.] A chitinous frame- 

 work supporting the brain of Insects 

 (zool.} ; an arched lamina covering 

 the superior surface of the cere- 

 bellum and supporting the occipital 

 lobes of the brain (anat.}. 



teratology (ter'atol'oji) . [Gk. teras, 

 a monster ; logos, discourse.] The 

 science treating of malformations 

 and monstrosities, especially of 

 Man. 



tercine (teYsin) n. [L. tertius, 

 third.] The third coat of an ovule 

 or a layer of the second (hot.}. 



terebra (ter'gbra) n. [L. terebra, a 

 borer.] An ovipositor which bores 

 into wood, as in Thalessa of the 

 Hymenoptera (zool.}. 



terebrate (teYfibrat) a. [L. terebra, a 

 borer.] Furnished with a boring 

 organ (zool.}. 



teres (te'rez) n. [L. teres, round and 

 smooth.] The name given to two 

 muscles, teres major and minor, 

 extending from scapula to humerus 

 (anat.}. 



terete (teref), teretlal (tgre'shlal) a. 

 [L. teres, rounded off.] Nearly 



cylindrical in transverse section, as 

 stems (bot.}. 



tergal (teVgal) a. [L. tergum, the 

 back.] Situated at the back ; pert. 

 the tergum (zool.}. , 



tergeminate (t6rj6m'Inat) a. [L. ter, 

 thrice ; gemini, twins.] Thrice 

 forked with twin leaflets (bot.}. 



tergite (teVglt, teYjIt) n. [L. tergum, 

 back.] The dorsal chitinous plate 

 of each segment of most Arthro- 

 pods (zool.}. 



tergum (tg/gum) n. [L. tergum, 

 back.] The dorsal portion of an 

 arthropod somite ; the tergite ; the 

 back generally ; a dorsal plate of 

 Barnacles (zool.}. 



terminal (ter'mlnal) a. [L. terminus, 

 an end.] Pert., or situated at, 

 the end, as a terminal bud at the 

 end of a twig (dial.}. 



ternary (teVnari) a. Ternate. 



ternate (teVnat) a. [L. terni, three 

 each.] Arranged in threes ; having 

 three leaflets to a leaf (bot.}. 



ternatoplnnate (tgrna'topln'at) a. [L. 

 terni, three each ; pinna, a feather.] 

 Having three pinnate leaflets to 

 each compound leaf (bot.}. 



terraneous (teYa'neus) a. [L. terra, 

 earth.] Appl. land vegetation 

 (bot.}. 



terrestrial (t6res'trial) a. [L. terra, 

 earth.] Appl. animals living on 

 the surface of the ground, as opp. 

 aerial, aquatic. 



tertial (teVshial), tertiary (ter'shlari) 

 a. [L. tertius, third.] Appl. the 

 wing feathers of the humerus, 

 otherwise scapulars (zool.}. 



test (t6st) n. [L. testa, a shell.] The 

 shell or hardened outer covering 

 of Crustaceans and other inverte- 

 brates (zool.}. 



testa (teVta) n. [L. testa, a shell.] 

 A test ; the hard outer covering 

 of a seed (bot.}. 



testaceous (tfista'shus) a. [L. iesta y 

 a shell.] Protected by a shell-like 

 outer covering (zool.}. 



testicle (teVtlkl) n. [L. tesfis, a 

 testicle.] One of the paired male 

 genital glands (anat., sool.}. 



testicular (testlk'ular) a. [L. testis, a 

 testicle.] Having two oblong 

 tubercles, as in some Orchids ; 

 testicle-shaped (bot.\ 



