Part 175

SEMITENDINO´SUS, n. A certain muscle of the thigh.

SE´NILE, a. Aged; pertaining to old age.

SENSE, n. Faculty of apprehending external impressions; as, sense of sight, hearing.

SEN´SORY, a. Relating to the senses.

SEP´TUM, n. A partition. Same as Dissepiment.

SE´ROUS, a. Thin, watery (of fluids).

SER´RATE, a. Toothed, like a saw.

SERRA´TUS, a. for n. A muscle of the trunk.

SE´RUM, n. Watery portion of animal fluids, especially of the blood.

SES´AMOID (bone), n. A small rotund bone situate in the substance of a tendon about a joint.

SES´SILE, a. Seated; i.e. without a stem or peduncle.

SETA´CEOUS, a. Bristly; bristled.

SE´TÆ, n. pl. Bristles.

SE´TIFORM, a. Bristle-like.

SEX´UAL, a. Pertaining to sex.

SEX´US, n. Sex.

SHAFT, n. (146.)

SHANK, n. Properly, the shin or tibial segment of the leg. In case of birds oftener used, but incorrectly, for the tarsus (tarso-metatarsus).

SHIN, n. (98.)

SHOULDER, n. (68.)

SIB´ILANT, a. Hissing.

SIDE-NECK, n. (64.)

SIDE OF TARSUS, n. (105.)

SIDE OF TOES, n. (119.)

SIG´MOID, a. S-shaped. Several parts are so called.

SIGN, SIG´NUM, n. Any character or other arbitrary abbreviation of a word or term.

Prominent among those used in ornithology are: ♂, male; ♀, female; ⚪, juv. young, juvenis; ad., adult; hornot., hornotine; pull., pullus, chick; sen. or sr., senior, senex, old; pt., plumage; nupt. temp., in the breeding season; æst., summer; hyem., winter; vern., spring; aut., autumnal; mus., museum; coll., collection, cabinet; syn., synonym; =, equal to; >, more than; <, less than; +, plus; ×, in a different sense; v., vide, see; cf., confer, consult; i.e. or h.e., that is; l. c., loco citato, in the place just cited; op. cit., the work cited; h. l., hoc loco, here; auct., auctt., author, authors; script., writer; p., page; vol. or t., volume, tome; pl. or tb., plate, tabula; f., or fig., figure; infra, below (reference); supra, above; qu., query; ?, query; !, certainty, from autopsy; err., error; corr., corrigenda; add., addenda; descr., description; id., the same (person); ib. or ibid., there (in the same place); quid? what (may it be)? sc., scilicet, to wit; viz., videlicet, namely; excl., exclusive of; n., nova, novum, new; var., variety; sp., species; gen., genus; fam., family; ord., order; n. sp., n. g., new species, genus. Authors’ names are constantly abbreviated, with the first one, two, or three, or other most characteristic letters.

SINCIP´ITAL, a. Pertaining to the sinciput.