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Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.

s of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe.

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

Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.

Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvæ of certain annelids.

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort. [Obs.] A postern with a blind wicket there was, A common trade to pass through Priam's house. Surrey. Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade. Spenser. Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, Some way of common trade, where subjects' feet May hourl…

nions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.

al side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

umerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.

e tritubercular or trigonodont. The trigon being a cutting apparatus, an extension of the posterior part of the crown was developed in lower molars for crushing, and a smaller corresponding part appeared in upper molars. Another large cone then arose, usually from the cingulum. In more complex forms, smaller intermedia…

e wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange- red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail.

One of the posterior wings of an insect.

Unresisting. [Obs.] "The unsisting postern." Shak.

The posterior half of an animal.

Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes. -- n.

Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda.

The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose.

A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.

The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.

The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.