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Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter.

n, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx. Sir W. Hamilton.

Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. Gray.

An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consist of a central medallion with seven arms radiating f…

Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate;especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.

An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes. Owen.

powerful breed of dogs reared in Denmark; -- called also great Dane. See Illustration in Appendix.

called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix.

which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix. Cuvier.

which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix. Cuvier.

One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe. The ruminants have the "cloven foot," i. e., two hoofed digits on each foot. Owen.

Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages.

rge extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- called also Uintatherium. See Illustration in Appendix.

five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

cts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix.

s the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix.

The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.

ns have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of Antler. -- Cape elk (Zoöl.), the eland.

le for being viviparous; -- also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.

The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.