Part 177

SPU´RIOUS, a. False; bastard; imperfect; rudimentary.

SPU´RIOUS QUILL, n. The first primary, when rudimentary or very short.

SPU´RIOUS WING, n. Feathers growing on the so-called thumb of birds.

SQUAM´OUS, a. Scaly.

STA´PES, n. One of the auditory ossicles; the stirrup-bone, becoming the columella in Sauropsida.

STEGANOP´ODOUS, a. Having all four toes full-webbed. (141.)

STEL´LATE, a. Starred.

STEM, n. (144.) See SCAPUS.

STER´ILE, a. Unfruitful; infecund; barren; noting the condition of the female corresponding to impotence of the male.

STER´NAL, a. Relating to the breast-bone.

STER´NUM, n. Breast-bone.

STETHIÆ´UM, n. Entire anterior half of a bird. (7.) (Little used.)

STIG´MA, n. See CALYX.

STIP´ULA, n. Newly sprouted feather.

STO´MA, n. Mouth.

STRAG´ULUM, n. Mantle; back and folded wings taken together. Same as pallium. (61.) (Little used.)

STRA´TUM, n. Layer.

STREAK, n. Lengthwise color-mark; not so strong, firm, or large as stripe.

STRI´A, n.; pl. striæ. Stripe; streak.

STRI´ATE, a. Striped; streaked.

STRI´DENT, a. Shrill.

STRIG´INE, a. Owl-like; belonging to the Strigidæ.

STRIPE, n. A long, strong, sharp streak.

STRO´MA, n. Essential texture of any organ.

STRU´THIOUS, a. Ostrich-like.

STY´LOID or STY´LIFORM, a. Shaped like a peg or pin.

SUB- (in composition). Under; less than; not quite; somewhat; slightly so. Sub- diminishes the force, point, or extent of application of a term.

SUB-BA´SAL, a. Near the base.