scaphites

pl. [Lat. scapha =a skiff; suffix Palæont.: A genus of Ammonitidæ. Shell irregularly convoluted at both ends. It is at first discoidal, with close whorls, the last chamber detached and recurved. Known species nineteen, from the Oolite to the Chalk of Europe and India. *scăph-I-ŭm, s. [Lat., from Greek skaphion -a small tub or basin.] Botany: The keel of a papilionaceous corolla. ( Link .) scăph-o-, pref. [SCAPH-.] Scaphoid. scapho-cuboid, a. Anatomy: Of or belonging to the scaphoid and cuboid bones. There is a scapho - cuboid articulation. scapho-cuneiform, a. Anatomy: Of or belonging to the scaphoid and cuneiform bones. There is a scapho - cuneiform ar Lat., dim in, from Lat. scapus =a stalk.] Bot.: The neck or cauticle connecting the radicle ticulation. stingy. "Unjust and scanty to herself alone." Dryden: Eleonora, 105.