- A prop or support.
- That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it
turns in lifting or moving a body.
- An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and
- The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain
- One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge
of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes.
- The connective tissue supporting the framework of the
retina of the eye.