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said all which at present I have to say upon the 

 subject) do conclude my labours, and wish that 

 desirable unit, my courteous reader, most heartily 

 farewell. 



Acalephs, "stinging" animals, e. g. jeUy-fish {cicaUphe, a 



nettle, Greek). 

 Actinia, a sea-anemone (actis, a ray of the sun, Greek; 



m allusion to the circular arrangement of the ten- 

 tacles. 

 Anguicoma, the specific name of the snake-locked anemone 



{Anguis, snake ; coma, hair, Latin). 

 Annelids, animals whose bodies are fonned of rings, e.g. 



earth-worms [amiulus, or anulus, a ring, Latin). 

 Anthea, the next of kin to the anemones (anthos, a flower, 



Greek). 

 Aquarium, a tank or vessel of water {aqua, water, Latin). 

 Articulate, possessiag a jointed external skeleton {articulus, 



a joint, Latin). 

 Asteroid, star-shaped (aster, a star ; eidos, shape, Greek). 

 Aurora, the specific name of the orange-tentacled anemone 



[aurora, the da"svn, Latin; perhaps an aUusion to its 



colour). 



Bellis, the specific name of the daisy anemone {hellis, a daisy, 

 Latin). 



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