uronemus

[Pref. uro-, and Gr. nema=a thread.] [PHANEROPLEURON.] *ür-o-nyc-ter-is, s. [Pref. uro- , and Gr. nykteris =a bat.] Zool.: A genus or section of Bats, erected by Gray (Proc. Zool. Soc ., 1862, p. 262) for Cynopterus albiven ter, which is now merged in Harpyia, under the name of H. cephalotes . ür-ô-pěl-ti-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Latin uropelt ( is ): Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ida.] Zool.: Rough-tail Snakes, Rough-tailed Burrowing Snakes; a family of Innocuous Colubriform Snakes, with five genera and eighteen species, strictly confined to Ceylon and the adjacent parts of southern India. Body cylindrical, head sharp and pointed, tail short and truncated, with a naked terminal plate, which is sometimes replaced by keeled scales; teeth in both jaws. They sometimes burrow to a distance of four feet below the surface. IMG:content-0341.png:[blocks in formation] podos)=a foot.] u-rop-o-da, s . [Pref. uro- , and Gr. pous (gen it. Zool.: A genus of Gamaside. Palpi and rostrum inferior; dorsal shield of a single broad circular or oval piece; legs nearly equal. Uropod a vegetans is a small mite, parasitic upon beetles, to which these pests attach themselves by a cord believed to consist of their excrement.