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A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country. "The queen of the south." Matt. xii. 42.

Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. -- Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the south…

rt-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side.

d lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female. Speculum metal, a hard, brittle alloy used for making the reflectors of telescopes and other instruments, us…

A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.

insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.

One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing f…

racheæ of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under Coleoptera.

To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine. Wite ye not where there stands a little town Chaucer.

A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.

Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula.

Situated under the arachnoid membrane.

Situated under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx.

Situated under the axilla, or armpit.

A division of soft-finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds.

Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones.

Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries.

Situated under the conjunctiva.