siagonium

[ Lat.siagones =the maxillary muscles.] Entom.: The typical genus of Siagoninse (q. v.). They have porrected horns on the head and thorax. The males are in two sets, differing greatly in the size of their bodies and in the development of their horns. The females are the more numerous sex. (Darwin: Descent of Man , ch. viii., x.) tsi-a-güsch, s. [Pers.=black ear.] Zool.: Felis caracal , the Caracal (q. v.). si-al-a-gogue, s . [SIALOGOGUE.] si-a-li-a, s. [From ( Motacilla ) sial is, the Linnean name of the Blue-bird (q. v.). (Now Sialia sial is.)] [SIALIS.] Ornith.: A genus of Sylviide, sub-family Accentorine, with eight species, ranging from the United States to Guatemala. Bill short, broad at base; nostrils in groove, opening elongated; wings very long and pointed; hind toe moderate. ( Tristram , in Wallace : Geog. Dist. Anim ., ii. 260.) pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, sialidæ