sess an, sassen

[SARSEN.] sěs sile, a. [Lat.se ilis=pertaining to sitting; sedeo to sit.] 1. Bot .: Sitting close upon the body that supports it without any sensible stalk; as, a se ile leaf, i . e ., one without a petiole. 2. Zool., .: Destitute of a peduncle, attached simply by a base. se ile-cirripedes, s. pl. Zool.: The Balanide. [ACORN-SHELL.] se ile-eyed, a. Zool.: Having the eyes fixed on the surface of the head without the intervention of a foot-stalk. Applied to the Edriophthalmia (q. v.). [STALK EYED.] *ses-sil-I-a, s. pl . [Neut. pl. of Latin se ilis .] [SESSILE.] Zool .: A lapsed order of Rotifer a (q. v.).