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Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.

A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, clongated, and more or less boat-shaped.

A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennæ of many Crustacea.

A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.

The scaphoid bone. Scaphoid bone (a) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale. (b) One of the tarsal bones; the navicular bone. See under Navicular.

Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus. -- n.

A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.

Resembling scape, or flower stm.

A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is esentially a silicate of aluminia and soda.

To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.

The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder Scapular arch (Anat.), the pectoral arch. See under pectoral. -- Scapular region, or Scapular tract (Zoöl.), a definite longitudinal area over the shoulder and along each side of the back of a bird, from which the scapular feathers arise.

A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.

Same as Scapular, a.

A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusæ. See Illustration in Appendix.

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo- clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle.

See 1st Scape.

The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.

A picture representing a scene at sea. [Jocose] Thackeray.