STIG´MA, _n._ See CALYX.
STIP´ULA, _n._ Newly sprouted feather.
STO´MA, _n._ Mouth.
STRAG´ULUM, _n._ Mantle; back and folded wings taken together. Same as
_pallium_. (61.) (Little used.)
STRA´TUM, _n._ Layer.
STREAK, _n._ Lengthwise color-mark; not so strong, firm, or large as
_stripe_.
STRI´A, _n._; pl. _striæ_. Stripe; streak.
STRI´ATE, _a._ Striped; streaked.
STRI´DENT, _a._ Shrill.
STRIG´INE, _a._ Owl-like; belonging to the _Strigidæ_.
STRIPE, _n._ A long, strong, sharp streak.
STRO´MA, _n._ Essential texture of any organ.
STRU´THIOUS, _a._ Ostrich-like.
STY´LOID or STY´LIFORM, _a._ Shaped like a peg or pin.
SUB- (_in composition_). Under; less than; not quite; somewhat; slightly
so. _Sub-_ diminishes the force, point, or extent of application of a
term.
SUB-BA´SAL, _a._ Near the base.
SUB-CLASS, _n._ An intermediate group often recognized between class and
order, of less taxonomic value than the former.
SUBCLA´VIAN, _a._ Beneath the clavicle.
SUBFAM´ILY, _n._ A group between a family and a genus.
SUBGE´NUS, _n._ A group between a genus and a species. (Often used; of
extremely indefinite value.)
SUBMAX´ILLARY, _a._ or _n._ Under the jaw. Also, equivalent to inferior
maxillary or _mandible_.
SUBSCAP´ULAR, _a._ or _n._ Under the shoulder-blade; name of a muscle.
SUBTYP´ICAL, _a._ Not quite true to the type; deviating somewhat;
slightly aberrant. It expresses a condition between _typical_ and
_aberrant_.
SUB´ULATE, _a._ Awl-shaped.