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three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.

The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositæ; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.

One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.

Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.

One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.

a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.

uite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.

A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix.

Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book. Some hang upon the pendants of her ear. Pope. Many . . . have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and P…

An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant. Sir W. Scott.

Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes.

Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceæ.

A word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting, or engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted (this).

A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia. See Sarracenia. -- Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into…

The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.

, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour.

into the wool and flesh of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See Illustration in Appendix. -- Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine.

mon species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.

The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean.

red with the spectroscope on any clear day. Called also solar prominences. See Illust. in Append.