saccharinity (sakariniti)

[ pairs, one of each pair stalked and other ses sile, each spikelet composed of four awnle hyaline glumes, of which three are empty and the terminal one shorter, blunt, and including three stamens and a free oblong grain. It differs from the nearly related ornamental gra Erianthus in its awnle glumes, and from Sorghum in having a fertile and perfect flower in each Saccomyinæ (sak (sak"ō-mi-i'nē), n. pl . [NL., Saccomys + -inæ .] -inæ. Same as Saccomyidæ , 2. S. F. Baird , 1857; J. E. Gray , 1868. saccomyoid (sak-ō-mī ́oid), a . and n. [ Sac- comyoidea. II. n. A member of the Saccomyoidea ; a pocket-rat, pocket-mouse, or pocket-gopher. Saccomyoidea (sak"ō-mi-oi'de-a), n . pl . [NL., Saccomys + -oidea .] A superfamily of myo- morphic rodents, named by Gill in 1872, con- taining all those with external cheek-pouches, or the two families Saccomyidæ and Geomyi The mastoid bone is moderately developed, and the occip- ital correspondingly reduced. There are no postorbital proce es, and the zygomatic proce of the maxillary is an expanded perforated plate. The grinders are four on cheek-pouches, Geomyidæ. each side above and below. The root of the lower incisor is protuberant posteriorly. The descending proce of the mandible is obliquely twisted outward and upward. There is a special muscle of the large external cheek- hairy, not visibly cleft, and the pelage lacks under-fur. pouch; all the feet are five-toed; the upper lip is densely See cuts under Geomyidæ , Dipodomys , and Perognathus . Saccomys (sak'ō-mis), n . [NL. (F. Cuvier, 1823), σάκκος , sack, + μᾶς , a mouse.] An obscure genus of Saccomyidæ , giving name to the family, probably synonymous with Hetero- mys of Desmarest. A species is named S. an- thophilus , but has never been satisfactorily chial; the tail ex- ce ively elongat- ed and attenu- ated; the eyes anterolateral; the jaws moderately extended back- ward (in compari- son with the Eury- pharyngidæ ), and not Bottle-fish (Saccopharynx ampul lace us), distended by another fish in its stomach. Saccosoma (sak-ō-sō'mä), n . κος , sack, + σῶμα , body.] 1. A genus of encri- nites, containing forms which were apparent- ly free-swimming like the living members of the genus Comatula . They are found in the Oölite.-2. A genus of coleopterous insects. Motschulsky , 1845. Saccos tom us (sa-kos'tō-mus), п . [NL., Cricetinæ and family Muridæ , having the molar teeth tri serially tu- berculate. See hamster. saccopharyngoid (sak"ō-fa-ring'goid), n . and a . I. n. A fish of the family Saccopharyngidæ . II. a . Of or having characteristics of the Saccopharynx (sa-kof'a-ringks), n. [NL. (S. L. Mitchill, 1824), σάκκος , sack, + φάρυγξ , throat: see pharynx .] A remarkable genus of deep-sea fishes, typical of the family Sacco- pharyngidæ. S.ampul lace us inhabits the North Atlan- tic, and is capable of swallowing fishes larger than itself. See cut under Saccopharyngidæ . Saccophora (sa-kof'ō-rä), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl. of Saccophorus : see saccophore .] In J. E. Gray's cla ification of "mollusks" (1821), the fifth cla , containing the tunicates or ascidians, and divided into 3 orders - Holobranchia , Tomo- branchia , and Diphyllobranchia . saccophore (sak'ō-for), n. [ Saccophorus , q. v.] 1. A rodent mammal with external cheek-pouches.- 2. A tunicate or ascidian, as a member of the Saccophora . Saccophori (sa-kof'ō-rī), n . pl . κοφόρος , wearing sackcloth, σάκκος , sack, + φέρειν = E. bear1 .] A party of Christian peni- tents in the fourth century: probably a divi- sion of the Encratites. Saccophorus (sa-kof'ō-rus), n . [NL. (cf. Gr. σακκοφόρος , wearing sackcloth), σάκκος , sack, sackcloth, + -φορος , φέρειν = E. bear1 .] 1. In mammal ., same as Geomys . Kuhl , 1820.-2. In entom ., a genus of coleopterous insects of the family Tenebrionidæ . Haag- Rutenberg , 1872. Saccopteryx (sa-kop'te-riks), n . [NL., Gr. σάκκος , sack, + πτέρυξ = E. feather .] A genus of South and Central American emball on urine bats, the males of which have a peculiar glan- saccus cut under Elasmobranch i i. - Saccus vitellin us, the vitelline sac, that part of the yolk-sac which hangs out of the body of an embryo and forms the navel-sac, or umbilical vesicle. =Syn. See sac2. sacellum (sā-sel'um), n.; pl. sacella (-a). [ god.