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Induration of any part, including scleroderma.

One of the Sclerodermata.

Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata.

Induration of the tissues. See Sclerma, Scleroderma, and Sclerosis.

Fit; suitable. [Obs.] Shaply for to be an alderman. Chaucer.

A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.

Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane.

Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.

ow both in the larger roots and crown, often doing great damage. (b) The crown borer (Tyloderma fragariæ), a small brown weevil whose larva burrows in the crown and kills the plant. -- Strawberry bush (Bot.), an American shrub (Euonymus Americanus), a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods and the seeds covered with…

gdom, as, in zoölogy, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.

slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix.

urved outward at the tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long, cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy feathers. Called also dragoon bird. -- Umbrella leaf (Bot.), an American perennial herb (Dyphylleia cymosa), having very large peltate and lobed radical leaves. -- Umbrella shell. (Zoöl.) S…

of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble. [Written also wormal, wormul, and wornil.]