sub margin (submarjin)

In entom., a space parallel to a margin and but slightly separated submarginal (sub-mär'ji-nal), a. In bot. and zoöl., situated near the margin. - Submarginal cells, in entom., a series of cells in the wing of a hymenopterous insect lying behind the stigma and marginal cell.-Submarginal vein or nervure, in hymenopterous insects, one of the transverse nervures separating the submarginal cells. In the Chalcididæ it is a short subcostal vein running from the base of the wing and bending upward to the costal margin, where it takes the name of marginal vein. sub marginate (sub-mär'ji-nāt), a. In entom., bordered with a mark which is slightly separated from the edge. (-e). The under jaw or mandible; especially, the submaxillary bone, or bone of the under jaw. submaxillary (sub-mak'si-lā-ri), n. and a. I. n.; pl. submaxillaries (-riz). The inferior maxillary bone; the under jaw-bone, inframaxillary, or mandible. II. a. 1. (a) Of or pertaining to the under jaw or inferior maxilla; forming the basis of the lower jaw, as a bone or bones; mandibular. ( b ) Of or pertaining to the submaxillary gland: as, submaxillary secretion or saliva. 2. Situated under the jaws: as, the submaxil lary triangle. Submaxillary artery, one of several large branches of the facial artery which supply the sub submi submerge (sub-merj'), r.; pret. and pp. submerged, ppr. submerging. [ So half my Egypt were submerged , and made A cistern for scaled snakes! Shak., A. and C., ii. 5. 94. Submerged bog, submerged forest, a bog or forest sunk below its original position, so that it has become covered by water. Thus, at Clonea, near Dungarvan, in Ireland, there are remains of an ancient pine forest, miles in length, now usually covered with many fathoms of water.-Submerged pump. See pumpl. II. in trans. To sink under water; be buried or covered, as by a fluid; sink out of sight. There is.. . a plot, which emerges more than once, for carrying the King to Rouen; plot after plot emerging and submerging, like ignes fatui in foul weather, which lead nowhither. Carlyle, French Rev., II. iii. 4. [ submergence (sub-mér jens), n. +-ence.] The act of submerging, or plunging under water; the state of being submerged; submerse (sub-mers'), v. t. [ IMG:content-2370.png:[blocks in formation]