Vocabulary : Spat to Spathal
Spat : A legging; a gaiter. ;; A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; -- chiefly in pl. ;; imp. of Spit. ;; A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively. ;; To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn. ;; A light blow with something flat. ;; Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension. ;; To dispute. ;; To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands. ;; of SpitSpatangoid : Of or pertaining to the Spatangoidea. ;; One of the Spatangoidea.
Spatangoidea : An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side.
Spatangus : A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea.
Spatchcock : See Spitchcock.
