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Catenulate: like catenate; but the links are smaller. 

 Caterpillar: the term applied to the larvae of Lcpidoptera. 

 Catervatum: by heaps. 



Cauda: the tail: any process resembling a tail: the pointed end of the ab- 

 domen in plant lice : any extension of the anal segment or appendage ter- 

 minating the abdomen. 

 Caudad: toward the posterior end of the body, along the median line. 

 Caudal: pertaining to the posterior or anal extremity. 

 Caudal setae: long, thread-like processes at the end of the abdomen in many 



Xeuropterous and some other insects ; = anal filaments. 

 Caudate: with tail-like extensions or processes. 

 Caudo-cephalic: in a line from the head to the tail. 

 Caudo-dorsad: directed upward and toward the tail. 

 Caudula-se: a little tail. 

 Caul: the fatty mass of larvx from which the organs of the future adult were 



supposed to develop : = epiploon. 

 Cauliculus: the larger of the two stalks supporting the calyx of the mush- 

 room body. 

 Caulis: the funicle of antenna: the corneous basal part of jaws. 

 Cavate: hollowed out; cave-like. 

 Cavernicolous : cave-inhabiting. 



Cavernous: divided into small spaces or little caverns. 

 Cavity -as: a hollow space or opening. 

 Cecidium: a gall. 



Cell: any space between or bounded by veins: in the Comstock system the cells 

 derive their names from the vein forming the upper margin : e. g., all just 

 below the radius are radial cells ; and they are numbered from the base out- 

 ward, as radial 1, 2, etc.: the living unit; protoplasm differentiated into 

 cytoplasm and nucleus, from which units all but the lowest plants and ani- 

 mals are developed by division and consequent increase into a multicellular 

 condition : a compartment or division of a nest or honey-comb. 

 Cellule: a portion of a wing included between veins; usually applied to a 

 small area completely inclosed, rarely to interspaces where no closed area is 

 formed. 

 Cenchrus -ri: minute, often white marks, or membranous spaces on the 



metanotum of some Hymenoptera. 

 Cenogonous: producing young at one time oviparously, at another viviparously ; 



as in plant-lice. 

 Centimeter: abb.. Cm.: =.01 meter = .394 inch; roughly 2 l / 2 Cm. =one inch. 

 Centrad: toward the centre or interior. 

 Central foveola: see median foveola. 



Centrolecithal: applied to eggs in whieh the food yolk is central. 

 Centrosome: a spherical body that appears outside the nucleus of a cell. 

 Cephalad: toward the head, along the central line of the body. 

 Cephalic: belonging or attached to the head; directed toward the head. 

 Cephalic bristles: Diptera; specialized bristles occurring on the head. 

 Cephalic foramen: the posterior or occipital foramen of head through which 



