tec ton a

[Said to be from Malabar tekka = teak, but perhaps formed with reference to Greek tektonike = building, for which teak is well adapted.] Bot.: Teak; a genus of Viticese. Calyx five or six toothed, ultimately becoming inflated; corolla gamopetalous, five or six cleft; stamens five or six; ovary superior, four-celled; fruit a four-celled nut chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0864.png:[blocks in formation] těc-ton-ar-chi-næ, s. pl. [Gr. tektonarchos =a master-builder; Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.- inæ.] Ornith.: Bower-birds; a sub-family of Paradise ide (g.v.). Devoid of flowing plumes, only one genus po e ing any attempt at extra adornment in the males. The species, so far as known, are accustomed to erect bowers of reeds in which they disport themselves. Genera: Sericulus, Ptilonorhynchus, Chlamydodera, Elurædus, and Amblyornis. těc-ton-ic, a . [Lat. tectonic us ; Gr. techtonikos , from tekton =a carpenter.] Pertaining or relating to building or construction.