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Thin, dry, membranous, and not green. Gray.

One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitoins which separate the myotomes. -- Scler`o*tom"ic, a.

Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. Gray.

The external membranous integument of an animal.

the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter.

The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.

tricuspid obstruction. Tricuspid valve (Anat.), the valve, consisting of three triangular membranous flaps, at the opening of the right auricle into the right ventricle in the heart of most mammals; -- sometimes called the tricuspid valves, each flap being regarded as a valve.

A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.

One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.

Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.

A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell. Specifically: --(a) (Bot.)

air Hamadryades." Spenser. Woody fiber. (Bot.) (a) Fiber or tissue consisting of slender, membranous tubes tapering at each end. (b) A single wood cell. See under Wood. Goodale. -- Woody nightshade. (Bot.). See Bittersweet, 3 (a). -- Woody pear (Bot.), the inedible, woody, pear-shaped fruit of several Australian prot…