DAC´TYL, _n._ Finger or toe. Equivalent to _digit_.
DACTYLOTHE´CA, _n._ Covering of the toes.
DASYPÆ´DIC, _a._ Synonymous with _ptilopædic_.
DECID´UOUS, _a._ Temporary; falling early. The dorsal plumes of the
egret are _deciduous_.
DECOMPOSED´, _a._ Separate; standing apart. A _decomposed_ crest has the
feathers standing away from each other.
DECUM´BENT, _a._ Lying or hanging downward.
DECURVED´, _a._ Gradually curved downward. Opposed to _recurved_.
DECUS´SATE, _a._ Crossed; intersected.
DEFECA´TION, _n._ Act of discharging the contents of the cloaca.
DEGLUTI´TION, _n._ Act of swallowing.
DEJEC´TION, _n._ Same as defecation. Also, the matters so discharged.
DEL´TOID, _a._ Triangular. A muscle over the shoulder is so named.
DEMI- (_in composition_). Half; same as _semi-_.
DEN´TARY, _a._ An epithet of the foremost element of the compound
mandibular bone.
DEN´TATE, DENTIC´ULATE, _a._ Toothed; notched as if toothed.
DENTIG´EROUS, _a._ Bearing teeth. The _Ichthyornis_, _Apatornis_, and
_Odontopteryx_ (?) are _dentigerous_ birds.
DENTIROS´TRAL, _a._ Having the bill notched as if toothed. Belonging to
a certain obsolete order, _Dentirostres_.
DENTI´TION, _n._ Act of cutting teeth.
DENUDA´TION, _n._ State of nakedness; act of laying bare.
DENU´DED, _a._ Naked; laid bare.
DEOR´SUM. Below.