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To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.

An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance.

Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages.

arge and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea.

sects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter.

Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.

One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming.

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.

A piece at the end; an appendage.

A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.

A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.

Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure. Specifically: --

An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura.

A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.

One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food.

he cap worn by studens at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States is called Oxford cap, mortar board, etc. -- Trencher fly, a person who haunts the tables of others; a parasite. [R.] L'Estrange. -- Trencher friend, one who frequents the…

ht or fitting, adjust, ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the pluraltrimmings..

t, collectively, including the labrum, labium, maxillæ, mandibles, and lingua, with their appendages.

The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.