Desmobacteria :: Desmobacteria (n. pl.) See Microbacteria.

Desmodont :: Desmodont (n.) A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire..

Desmognathous :: Desmognathous (a.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds..

Desmoid :: Desmoid (a.) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous..

Desmology :: Desmology (n.) The science which treats of the ligaments.

Desmomyaria :: Desmomyaria (n. pl.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa.

Syndesmography :: Syndactylous (a.) Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial..

Syndesmology :: Syndesmography (n.) A description of the ligaments; syndesmology.

Syndesmoses :: Syndesmology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of ligaments.

Syndesmosis :: Syndesmoses (pl. ) of Syndesmosi.

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