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Ay ABAS scAyDEXs. Climbing perch: an amphibious teleostean fish. 



AyABLEPS TETROPBTHALMUs. " Four-eyed " fish: a cyprinodont teleostean fish, 325 



ANATID^. Family of birds, comprising swans, geese, ducks. 



AyAX. Dragonfly: insect (Odonata). 



AycALA FASciATA. Gadfly: dipterous insect (Tabanidse). 



Ayoi'iLLA. Common genus of eel: teleostean fish, 46 



Ayoris fragjlis. Slow-worm: legless lizard, reptile, 363 



Ay 1 ELL A. Worm-lizard: Reptile. 



ANNELIDA. The phylum of segmented worms, comprising Oligochsetes, Polychsetes, Leeches. 



AyoDoyTA. Eyeless swan-mussel: fresh-water bivalve mollusc, 2(?i 



A-'\^i'>< American " chameleon ", iguanid lizard: Reptile, 361 



AyoMALOPS KATOPTRos. Lumiuous fish: teleost (sea-bass family). 



AyoPHELES. Malaria-carrying mosquito: dipterous insect. 



AyoPHTHALMi!i. Blind cavernicolous beetle: coleopterous insect. 



ANOPLURA. Order of in.sects (wingless lice, parasitic on mammals). 



AyoPTicHTHYg joRDAXi. Blind Mexican cave-fish: teleost. 



AysER. Goose: Anseriformes (Anatidse). 



ANSERIFORMES. Order of birds, comprising (mainly) the Anatidae. 



AyTHOLOBA. Sea-anemone: coelenterate (Anthozoa). 



ANTHOZOA. Class of ccelcntcrates comprising sea-anemones and corals (" flower animals "). 



AyiHROBiA. Eyeless cave-spider: arachnid (Araneida). 



ANTHROPOiDEA. Sub-ordcr of Primates, comprising monkeys, apes and man. 



AyriLOCAFRA. Pronghorn: a ruminant similar to antelope. 



ANURA. Order of tail-less amphibians (frogs, toads). 



APHANiPTERA. An Order of insects comprising the wingless, blcod-sucking fleas. 



Aphis roRBEffi. Strawberry root louse: hemipterous insect. 



Aphrophora spcmaria. Frog-hopper or spittle-insect : hemipterous insect. 



APHroyus. Blind deep-sea teleostean fish. 



Apjs. Honey-bee: hymenopterous insect, 5S 



Aplocheilichthts rubrostigma. Killifish: cyprinodont teleostean fish. 



APODA. Csecilians : an order of worm-like, subterranean amphibians. 



Apodemvs. Field-mouse: a rodent (Muridte). 



Aptertx. Kiwi: flightless New Zealand bird (Ratitse), 398 



Apus (Triors). Fresh-water crustacean (Branchiopod), 208 



ARACHNID.^.. Class of artliropods, comprising spiders, scorpions, king-crabs, etc. 



ARANEIDA. Order of Arachnida, comprising spiders. 



ARAyECs DiADEiiATUs. Common garden spider: arachnid (Araneida), 214 



Arc A. Noah's ark shell: bivalve mollusc. 



ARCHiANXELiDA. Class of marine segmented worms (e.g., Dinophilus). 



Archistoma besselsi. Springtail: primitive wingless insect (Collembola). 



Arctocebus. Agwantibo: nocturnal lemuroid (Primate). 



Ardea. Heron (Ciconiiformes), 404. 



AREyicoLA MARiyA. Lob-worm: burrowing polychsete worm, 190 



Aroyropelecus. Hatchet fish: deep-sea luminoas teleostean fish, 322 



Ariolimax. Slug: gastropod mollusc (Pulmonate). 



Arisielliger. Gecko : reptile of the lizard family. 



Aristeomorpha. Shrimp: decapod crustacean. 



Armadillidium. Pill-bug, a terrestrial woodlouse: crustacean (Isopoda), 4-5 



Artemia. Brine-shrimp: crustacean (Branchiopod), 207 



ARTHROPODA. Phylum of invertebrates, coniprising Onychoj)hora, Crustacea, Myriapoda, 



Aj-achnida, Insecta. 

 ARTioDACTYLA. Order of placentals, comprising pig, camel, deer, etc. 

 AscARis. Parasitic round worm: nematode, 190 

 AsciDTA. Sea-squirt: protochordate (Tunicate), 228 

 AsELLCs. Blind fresh-water louse: crustacean (IsojDoda), 207 

 Asio. Long-eared owl: Strigidae. 

 AsPLAycHyA. A genus of rotifer. 

 AsTACus. Crayfish: decapod crustacean, 164 



