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A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines.

The narwhal.

Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennæ are prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna.

times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty. The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore years. Bacon.

See Shuttlecock.

Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.

See under Stag.

Of or pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature of, or containing, dung.

The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.

A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient.

A Stercoranist.

A place, properly secured from the weather, for containing dung.

Excrement; dung. [Obs.]

Manuring with dung. [Obs.] Bacon.

The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.

Same as Serolin (b).

Excrement; dung. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.

Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.

Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.