TOMIUM, _n._; pl. _tomia_. The cutting edge of the bill. There is a
superior or maxillary _tomium_, and an inferior or mandibular _tomium_;
each is double (i.e. right and left); together they are the tomia,
mutually apposed when the mouth is shut.
TOP OF TOES. (117.) See ACRODACTYLUM.
TOR´QUATE, _a._ Ringed; collared.
TOR´QUES, _n._ Ring or collar of color or of feathers otherwise
distinguished. Lewis’s woodpecker has a cervical _torques_ both in color
and texture of the feathers.
TOTIPAL´MATE, _a._ Having all four toes webbed. Same as _steganopodous_.
TRACH´EA, _n._ Windpipe.
TRANSVERSE´, _a._ Crosswise; in direction at right angle with
longitudinal axis of the body.
TREAD (_of the cock_), _n._ Cicatriculum; molecule. See YOLK.
TRI- (_in composition_). Thrice; treble.
TRI´CEPS, _n._ A certain extensor muscle of wing and leg.
TRIDAC´TYLE, _a._ Three-toed.
TRIGEM´IMUS, _a._ for _n._ A certain cranial nerve.
TRIHE´DRAL, _a._ Three-sided.
TRIV´IAL, _a._ Said of a _specific_ name. Opposed to _generic_.
TROCHAN´TER, _n._ Prominence at top of femur.
TROCH´LEA, _n._ A pulley; smooth bony surface over which a tendon plays.
TRUN´CATE, _a._ Cut squarely off.