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Perilymph :: Perilymph (n.) The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies..

Cyst :: Cyst (n.) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ..

Loma :: Loma (n.) A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.

Membranaceous :: Membranaceous (a.) Same as Membranous.

Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ..

Fauces :: Fauces (n.pl.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils..

Sacculus :: Sacculus (n.) A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear..

Scurf :: Scurf (n.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot..

Coleoptera :: Coleoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils..

Film :: Film (n.) A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering..

Utriculus :: Utriculus (n.) A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear..

Lobe :: Lobe (n.) A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot..

Bunion :: Bunion (n.) An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursae muscosae), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe..

Croup :: Croup (n.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria..

Neuroptera :: Neuroptera (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera..

Lobated :: Lobated (a.) Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m) under Aves..

Membraneous :: Membraneous (a.) See Membranous.

Membranous :: Membranous (a.) Membranaceous.

Allantoid :: Allantoid (n.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle..

Scarious :: Scarious (a.) Thin, dry, membranous, and not green..

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