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mphatic vessels, situated on the ventral side of the vertebral column in the thorax and abdomen. See Illust. of Lacteal.

The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebræ, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.

A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.

A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc.

An odometer for vehicles. Knight.

ic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea.…

ng to the three great splanchnic cavities, namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; -- applied to the sympathetic nervous system.

A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.

merican birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. crepitans, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also agami, and yakamik.

That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.

A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.

A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak.

genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.

An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Antheræa mylitta), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.

To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

A domestic animal two winters old. [Prov. Eng.]

The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.

One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen of arthropods.

The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods.

l existed in the time of Julius Cæsar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.