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Stomate :: Stomapoda (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea..

Pennigerous :: Pennigerous (a.) Bearing feathers or quills.

Float :: Float (v. i.) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish..

Speculum :: Speculum (n.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female..

Quill :: Quill (n.) One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather..

Quiet :: Quiet (a.) Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security..

Tranquillize :: Tranquillize (v. t.) To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind..

Squillitic :: Squilla (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.

Spineted :: Spine-tailed (a.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips..

Pen :: Pen (n.) An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving..

Saururae :: Saururae (n. pl.) An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes..

Stifle :: Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.

Squilla :: Squillae (pl. ) of Squill.

Quietness :: Quietness (n.) The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness..

Quietism :: Quietism (n.) Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.

Covert :: Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Quillwort :: Quillwort (n.) Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising from a corm, and containing spores in their enlarged and excavated bases. There are about seventeen American species, usually growing in the mud under still, shallow water. So called from the shape of the shape of the leaves..

Quillback :: Quillback (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback..

Quilling :: Quilling (n.) A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills..

Tranquillizing :: Tranquillizing (a.) Making tranquil; calming.

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