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Like, or related to, the genus Sabella. -- Sa*bel"loid, n.

See Saltarello.

nning mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella.

Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.

See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.

The old squaw, or long-tailed duck.

nt attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent. "The satellites of power." I. Disraeli.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, satellites. [R.] Cheyne.

An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.

The alewife. [Local, U.S.]

The female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.]

Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.

The powan. [Prov. Eng.]

One bred at the same school; an associate in school.

See Scutellum.

Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.

the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.

Scutellate.

Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.

horacic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax.