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Sheathfish :: Sheathfish (n.) Same as Sheatfish.

Implate :: Implate (v. t.) To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron..

Coleopterous :: Coleopterous (a.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.

Ligule :: Ligule (n.) The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.

Concave :: Concave (n.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

Schwann''s White Substance :: Schwann's white substance () The substance of the medullary sheath.

Beak :: Beak (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds..

Mosquito :: Mosquito (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic..

Involucrum :: Involucrum (n.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.

Dissheathe :: Dissheathe (v. i.) To become unsheathed.

Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To pull from a sheath, as a sword..

Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper..

Sheating :: Sheating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sheath.

Vaginati :: Vaginati (n. pl.) A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.

Pronghorn :: Pronghorn (n.) An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabree, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope..

Vaginated :: Vaginated (a.) Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf..

Exophyllous :: Exophyllous (a.) Not sheathed in another leaf.

Sheathed :: Sheathed (imp. & p. p.) of Sheath.

Schwann''s Sheath :: Schwann's sheath () The neurilemma.

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