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Shaped like a peg or pin. 
(L. subarcua'tus), a. Slightly arched. 
Straw-color ( s ^ ram ^ neus )> n « A very light impure yellow, like 
Straw Yellow ] cured straw. (Aureolin + white.) (Plate VI. 
'( fig. 17.) 
Streak, n. A narrow longitudinal color-mark ; a narrow stripe. 
Stri'a (L,; pi. strice), n. A streak. 
Striate ) „ sMtus) a> Streaked. 
Stri ated, ) v 
Stri'dent (L. stri'dens), a. Shrill. 
Stri'ges (L., plural of Strix), n. The name given to the Owl-tribe by 
those who consider these birds as constituting a distinct order. 
Stri'gine, a. Owl-like ; pertaining to or having characteristics of the Owl 
family (Strigidie). 
Stripe (L. pla'ga), n. A broad, longitudinal color-mark; a broad streak. 
Struthio'nes (L.), n. The ordinal name of the Ostrich-tribe. 
Struthio'nine (L. struthioni'nus), a. Pertaining to or having characteris- 
tics of the Ostrich tribe (Struthiones). 
Stru'thious, a. Ostrich-like. 
Styliform (L. stylifor'mis), 
Styloid (L. styloi'deus), 
Subarc'uate, 
Subarc'uated, 
Sub-ba'sal (L. subba'salis), a. Near the base. 
Sub-caud'al (L. subcauda'lis), a. Beneath the tail. 
Sub-class (L. subclas'sis), n. A group often recognized, having taxonomic 
rank intermediate between a class and an order. 
Subfamily (L. subfami'lia), n. A subdivision of a family including one 
or more genera. 
Subgenus, n. A subdivision of a genus, of indefinite value, and fre- 
quently not recognized by name except in the grouping of species. 
Sub-malar, a. Beneath the malus, or malar region, as a sub-malar 
streak. (Plate XII. fig. 20.) 
Sub-or'bital, a. Beneath the eye. (Plate XII. fig. 21.) 
Sub-or'der (L. subor'do), n. A group intermediate -in taxonomic rank 
between an order and a family. 
Sub-spe'cies, n. A nascent species ; a variation, usually geographical, 
of a species, but not accorded full specific rank on account of the 
incompleteness of its differentiation; hence, usually a geographical 
race, or form. 
Subtyplcal, a. Not quite typical ; somewhat aberrant. 
Sub'ulate (L. subula'tus), a. Awl-shaped. 
Suffu'sion, n. A running together of colors. 
Sulfate (L. sulca'tus), a. Grooved. 
Sul'cus (L.), n. A groove. 
Sul'phur Yellow (L. sulphu'reus), n. A very pale pure yellow color, less 
orange in tint than dilute gamboge or lemon-yellow. (Winsor & 
Newton's lemon-yellow, or Schoenf eld's gelber ultramarin.) (Plate 
VI. fig. 14.) 
