GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 869 



FUNICULUS. Lat. funiculus, a little cord. A term here applied to the slender thread- 

 like filament which connects the component nuclear masses in such infusorial types 

 as Loxodes and Loxophyllum. 



GASTRCEA or GASTRULA. Dim. Gr. gaster, a belly. That stage of the embryo in 

 various animals in which it consists of two fundamental cellular membranes, ectoderm 

 and endoderm, enclosing a central cavity. 



GASTROZOOIDS. Gr. gaster, the belly ; zoon, animal. Title proposed by H. N. Mosely 

 for the distinction of the ordinary alimentative or mouth-bearing zooids of Millepora, 

 Stylaster, and other coral-building Hydrozoa. 



GIBBOUS. Lat. gibbus, hunchbacked. Unsymmetrically distended or swollen at some part 



of the surface. 

 GLABROUS. Lat. glaber, smooth. Having a smooth surface. 



GUBERNACULUM. Lat. g ubernaculum, a helm or rudder. A title utilized by H. James- 

 Clark for the distinction of the trailing flagellum, having an apparent guiding function, 

 developed in such infusorial forms as Anisonema and Heteromita. 



HELICOIDAL. Gr. helix, a spiral ; eidos, resemblance. Having a twisted or spiral 

 contour, like a snail-shell. 



HETEROGENEOUS. Gr. heteros, different ; genos, kind. Having a mixed or compound 

 constitution, the converse of Homogeneous. 



HETEROGENY. Gr. heteros, different ; genos, birth. The doctrine maintaining that 

 living organisms are produced out of inorganic matter ; identical with Abiogenesis. 



HETEROTRICHOUS. Gr. heteros, different; thrix, hair. Having hair or cilia of diverse 

 character. 



HISTOLOGY. Gr. histos, a web or tissue ; logos, discourse. The study of the more 

 minute or cellular elements of organic structures. 



HOLOTRICHOUS. Gr. holos, whole; thrix, hair. Having hair or cilia of a uniform 

 character developed over the entire surface. 



HOMOGENEOUS. Gr. homos, same ; genos, kind. Having a simple or uniform constitution, 

 in contradistinction to Heterogeneous. 



HOMOLOGOUS. Gr. homos, same ; logos, expression. Having the same morphologic or - 

 structural value, though possibly differing in form and function, as the arm of a man 

 and the wing of a bird. 



HOMOPLASTIC. Gr. homos, same ; plastikos, moulded or formed. Having a similar 

 or corresponding form. 



HOMOPLASTS. Gr. homos, same ; plastikos, what has been formed. Objects corresponding 

 in external form though of a distinct nature. 



HYPOBLAST. Gr. hupo, under ; blastos, germ. The internal germinal layer of the 

 Metazoic embryo, equivalent to the Endoderm. 



HYPOTRICHOUS. Gr. hupo, under ; thrix, hair. Having hair or cilia developed only on 

 the under surface. 



ILLORICATE. Lat. //for in, not, without; lorica, coat of mail. Devoid of a protective 

 sheath or lorica. 



INDURATED. Lat. induratus, hardened. Having a hardened consistence. 

 INFUNDIBULIFORM. Lat. infundibulum, a funnel ; forma, shape. Funnel-shaped. 



INTERSTITIAL. Lat. inter, between; sisto, I stand. Relating to intervening parts or 

 spaces. 



ISOMORPHIC. Gr. isos, equal ; morphe, shape. Exhibiting an equal or corresponding 

 contour. 



