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GLOSSARY. 



white fibres, connecting tlie cerebral liemi- 

 spheres ; wanting in birds. 

 Co^R'TiCAL, a. External, as opposed to meduh 



Cos'TAL, a. Pertaining to the rilis. 

 CosTiF'EROus, a. Rib-bearing, as the dorsal 



vcrtebi-ae. 

 (.'ot'yle, n. Same as Acetabulum. 

 C'ox'a, n. Hip. 



<]RA'NiAL, a. Pcrt^iining to the skulL 

 ( RA'NirM, n. Skull. 



rRE.sT, I n. Any lengthened feathers of top 

 t Ris'ta, j or sides of liead. ^ 



CRIB'riform, n. Sieve-like. 



'^'"mlf' "" ■^™'' "^ " ""^^ larj-ngeal car- 



Ckis'sitm, n Properly, the under tail-coverts 



collectively. Oltener used to designate the 



circumanal plumage. (66.) 

 Cko't.u>hyte (dej,r(^,sim). A concavity on the 



outside of the skull on each side behind, filled 



with muscle ; temporal fossa. 

 Crown, n. Pileus; top of head, especiallv the 



vertex. 

 Crit'cai,, )a. In the shape of a cross. The 

 Uii-riFORM ( crucial IrM is one expenmeu- 



taliy conclnsive. 

 Critk.e'us, h. Name of a certain muscle of the 



thigh. 



r«,'?«'tf' \^ P'-rt'?"'™? to the cms, or shin. 

 LRUS, n The shin; segment of the leg be- 



thi tibia ° "■""' ""''''' ■■'■P'-f«''"t^d by 



Crts'tallixe Qcns), a. See Lens. 

 Cu'bit, n. Tlie forearm. 

 Cu'bital, a. Pertaining to the forearm. 

 tu'cuLLATE, a. Hooded 

 Cul-de-sac, «. "Bottom of a bag"; closed 



end of a cavity. 

 CuL'MEN, ,,. Eidge of upper mandible ; highest 



median lengthwise line of the bill. (20 ) 

 < ul'minal, n. Pertaining to the culmen 

 Cl-LTRiRos'TRAL, a. Having the bill shape,! 



like a heron s. 

 CUN'EATE, ) a. Wedge-shaped. A cuneate 

 CrN'ElFOR.M, ( t^il has the middle feathers 

 en"efr '''^^* successively regularly short- 



CUN'EIFORM (bmi^), n. One of the wrist-bones. 

 CuR.so'RiAL, a. Running; pertaining or be- 

 Jonging to an obsolete group, Ciirsm-es or 

 runners. 

 Ct's'PiDATE, a. Pointed as a spear-head. I 



ifcSZ:""- ^''■■*-''-St°t'-skin. Samel 



Cf'TicLE « Scarf-skin; outeimost layer of! 

 skm, which continually exfoliates. 

 2,'!L^-f '^"^'■"vtl'-'tnie skin, as distin ' 

 ffiiLshed from cuticle and subcutaneous tis 

 sue. Conuni and ckrma are synonymous. 



i-TST, n. bac holding pathological products. 



act of 



(4.) 

 Oppo- 



D. 



Pac'ttl,™. Finger or toe. Equivalent to *W 

 Dactvlothe'ca, n. Covering of the toes. 

 Uasyp^'dic, a. Synonymous with pHlnpocdic 

 DFriD'rou.s a. Temporal^; falling early. 

 The doi-sal plumes of the egret are dcciduM^. 



Df^omtosei.', a. Separate; stan,iing apart 

 A decomposed crest lias the feathers standine 

 away from each other 



Decum'bent, a. Lying or hanging downward. 



DFCURyED' a. Gra.lually curved downward. 

 Opposed to recurved. 



Decits'sate, a. Crossed ; intersected. 



''s^:^"?i:;iact"''^^'^''"^"«*^''- 



Degluti'tion, n. Act of swallowing. 

 DEjEt^TlON, n Same as defecation. ^Also, tlie 



matters so discharged 

 Del'toid, a. Triangular. A muscle over the 



shouhier is so named 

 Demi- (in compomon). Half ; same as semi-. 

 Uen'iary, a. An epithet of the foremost ele- 



ment of the compound mandibular bone 



n^v^w'"'"' *"• Toothed ; notched 'as if 



Dentic'ulate, \ toothed. 

 Dentig'erous, a. Bearing teeth. The Ich- 

 t/n/mviis, Apatomis, and Odmilmtenix (>) are 

 drni if/crmis hhds. 

 Dfxtiros'tral, a HaWng the bill notched as 

 It toothed. Belonging to a certain obsolete 

 order, Dcntirostre.i. 

 Denti'tiox, n. Act of cutting teeth 

 Uen-uda'tiox, n. State of nakedness ; 



laying bare. 

 Dexit'ded, n. Naked; laid bare. 

 Deor'sum. Below. 

 Derlu'-mate, ) 



Depluma'tus, ( "• '^*i'<' of feathers. 

 DEI-RES.SED', a. Flattened vertically. 



site ot cmnpressed. 

 Dera-'um, n. Bottom or lower part of the 



neck. (Little u,sed.) 

 Der'mal, a. Pertaining to the skin ; made of 



skin ; cutaneous. 

 ^^^J^lf'^^^^^^'-P^^'DAGE. Any outgrowth from 



Dertrothe'ca, a. Covering of end of bill 

 Der'trum, n. End of maxilla, in any way'dis- 

 tinguished. (21.) ■' 



Desmogxath'ois, a. Having the palate bones 



united. 

 Des'moid, a. Ligamentous. 

 Desquama'tiox, n. Peeling off 

 De.x'trad, a. Toward the right side. 

 Dex'tral, a. Of or on the right side 

 Ul- ()7( ccmposititm). Twice ; double 

 DiAGxo'sis, n. Distinctive knowledge. Also 

 j charai-terization, or a brief, precise, and exclu- 

 sively pertinent definition. Z)ia,(7no.«:s is nearly 

 I .<jynonymous in this sense with dr.finilion ■ both 

 diffei- trom descriptimi in omitting non-essen- 

 tial jiarticulars ; but definition may include 

 points equally applicable to some otlier object 

 DiAGxos'Tic, a. Distinctively and exclusively 

 characteristic. Feathers are diamwslic of 

 birds. 

 Diaph'axops, a. Transparent. 

 Dl'APiiRAGM, n. Midriff; musculo-tendinous 

 partition between thorax and abdomen, rudi- 

 mentary or wanting in birds. 

 DiAPHRAGMAT'ic, a. Pertaining to the dia- 

 phragm. 



DiAPOPH'Tsis, n. Transverse process of a ver- 

 tebra. 



DiARTHBo'sis, n. Movable articulation of 

 bones in genei-al. 



