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lso from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, atc.). Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). -- Sago palm. (Bot.) (a) A palm tree which yields sago. (b) A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta). -- Sago spleen (Med.), a morbid condition of the sp…

A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.

Feeding on carrion.

A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot.

Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.

Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder.

Severe discipline. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

A dragonet, or sculpin.

Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels.

ly the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.

A genus of yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs; golden- rod.

Solivagant.

evelopment of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago.

The heel joint.

Of or pertaining to a synagogue.

rst appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.

A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.

A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.

Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers.

ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.