Sejugous, se-joo -gus, a

having six pairs of leaflets, as pinnate leaf [Bot. ] (L. sex, six, and jugum, a yoke.) separation (L. se adjunction) Selah, se'-la, s. in the Psalms,. a word supposed to signify silence, or to denote a pause (Heb.) from among others; to pick out: a. choice; preferable; more valuable or excellent than others (L. se, and lego, lectum, to gather). Selectedly, se-lekt'-ed-le, ad. with care in selection. Selectne , se-lekt'-nes, s. the state of being select. ber of things selected. Natural selection, the proce by which Nature selects for survival the animals and plants that are fitted to live on under changed conditions of existence; called also the survival of the fittest. ber.