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Sprat – Stag Beetle

Sprat

the Clupea sprattus, a wellknown fish, common on all Atlantic coasts of Europe, extending to the Baltic and the W. half of the Mediterranean. Scales smooth and easily shed; lower jaw prominent, oval patch of small teeth on tongue.

Spring Hill College

an educational institution in Mobile, Ala.; founded in 1836 under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church; reported at the

Spring Valley

a city of Illinois, in Bureau co., on the Illinois river and on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific, the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroads. It has a public library, high schools, and a hospital. Pop. (1910) 7,- 035; (1920) 6,493.

Spurge Laurel

the Daphne Laureola, a shrub possessing acrid properties, flowering in March and April.

Spy Wednesday

an old name given to the Wednesday immediately preceding Easter, in_allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot.

Squad

a small body of troops assembled fo for drill, inspection, or other purposes. The awkward squad is composed of those recruits who have not received sufficient training to take part in regimental drill.

Squares

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Squash

in botany and horticulture, a popular name for any species of the genus Cucurbita; specifically, C. melopepo. Leaves cordate, obtuse, somewhat five-lobed; tendrils denticulated, or converted into small leaves; calyx with the throat much dilated; fruit flattened at both ends with white, dry, spongy fruit which keeps fresh for many months.

It is boiled and eaten with meat.

Squid

a popular name of certain cuttle fishes belonging to the dibranchiate group of the class Cephalopoda, and included in several genera, of which the most familiar is that of the calamaries.

Squirrel Monkey

the Callithrix sciureus, from South America. It is about 10 inches long, with a tail half as KAIBAB SQUIRREL much again; fur olive-gray on the body, limbs red, muzzle dark. They are affectionate and playful in disposition.

Stag

or RED DEER (Cervus ela- STAFF, GENERAL. See MILITARY phus), a typical species of Cervidæ or ORGANIZATION, UNITED STATES.

Stag Beetle

in entomology, any individual of the family Lucanidx; specifically L. cervus, one of the larger STAG BEETLE insects, the male being about 2 inches long. Their projecting mandibles are denticulated, and somewhat resemble stag's horns; with these they can inflict