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One of the jointed antenniform appendage of the posterior somites of cartain insects. Packard.

uman hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.

o form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.

longing to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.

Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.…

Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.

Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages.

Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.

A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda.

A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.

with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix.

A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. Gray. Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc. -- Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang] -- Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.…

by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.

A genus of exinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix.

enus Ateles, esp. A. paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.

An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.

, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.

the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right. Common appendant, a right belonging to the owners or occupiers of arable land to put commonable beasts upon the waste land in the manor where they dwell. -- Common appurtenant, a similar right applying to lands in other manors, or exten…

An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.

Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.