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See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard.

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

skeleton in relation with the alimentary canal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus. -- Splanch`nap`o*phys"i*al, a. Mivart.

Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral.

That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera. Owen.

Splanchnology.

That part of anatomy which treats of the viscera; also, a treatise on the viscera.

alls of the enteric canal and the umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure. -- Splanch`no*pleu"ric, a.

The dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera.

See Spandrel. [R.]

A plant growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte. [Obs.] Bacon.

To trip up. [Obs.] "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton.

The act of supplanting or displacing. Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness. Cloeridge.

One who supplants.

An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and also rotate on their axes.

To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. Dryden.

The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal. The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. Broome.

One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.

Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic cavities, namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; -- applied to the sympathetic nervous system.

To plant under; specif. (Forestry),