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Keratin :: Keratin (n.) A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose..

Pachydermatous :: Pachydermatous (a.) Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.

Trivium :: Trivium (n.) The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively..

Sap :: Sap (v. i.) To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps..

Stahlian :: Stagworm (n.) The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils..

Ayuntamiento :: Ayuntamiento (n.) In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen..

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) An alderman of a corporation.

Scale :: Scale (n.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid..

Predermining :: Predermining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predetermin.

Testa :: Testa (n.) The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm..

Dermatic :: Dermatic (a.) Alt. of Dermatin.

Aldermanry :: Aldermanry (n.) The district or ward of an alderman.

Epidermal :: Epidermal (a.) Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.

Mesoderm :: Mesoderm (n.) The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm and Ectoderm..

Echinodermal :: Echinodermal (a.) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.

Dermoptera :: Dermoptera (n. pl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.

Burrel Fly :: Burrel fly () The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly.

Cuticular :: Cuticular (a.) Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal..

Hypodermis :: Hypodermis (n.) Same as Hypoderma, 2..

Mesoderm :: Mesoderm (n.) The middle body layer in some invertebrates.

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