spitzdog

[SPITZ.] spiz-a-e-tūs, s. [ Gr.spiza =a small piping bird, and aetos =an eagle.] Ornith.: A genus of Aquiline, with ten species, from Central and South America, Africa, India, and Ceylon to Celebes and New Guinea, Formosa and Japan. Beak convex above, nostrils elliptical; tarsi elevated, rather slender; acrotarsia scutellated; toes rather short, claws acute. It corresponds with the Morphnus of Cuvier. splăch-ně-ī, splăch-nā-çě-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. splachn(um); Lat. masc. pl. adj. suff. -ei, or fem. -aceœ.] Bot.: A tribe of acrocarpous operculated mo es growing in tufts, especially upon dung. Stem loosely cent, rather fleshy teeth; capsule straight, on an apophysis; spores radiating in lines from the columella. peristome, if present, of lanceolate parts.]