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Artus. — The instruments of motion. (L. a limb.) 



Asperate. — Roughened, of sculpture. (L. asper, 

 rough.) 



Asper. — Rough or uneven. (L.) 



Assurgent. — Declining at the base and rising in a 

 curve to an erect position (Say). (L. ad, and 

 si/rgo, to rise.) 



Asymmetrical. — With one side of the body different 

 to the other. (Gr. a, syn, and metron, a measure.) 



Atavic variations. — ^Variations which recall a past 

 stage in the history of the race. (L. atavus, an 

 ancestor, and vario, various.) 



Ater. — The colour of liquid ink, ink-like — some- 

 times termed Aterrimus. (L. black.) 



Aterrimus. — [See Ater.] 

 Aterrimus. — Ink-like in colour. (L. ater.) 

 Atomi. — Atoms of colouring, large, and easily 

 distinguished. (L. atomos, an atom.) 



Atmosphere. — The term given to the exterior circle 

 of the eye of colour (ocellus.) (Coined from Gr. 

 atmo, stem of atmos, air, and spJiaira, a globe.) 



Atroceruleus. — Dark, deep blue, inclining to black. 



(L. ater, black, caeruleus, blue.) 

 Atrophied. — Imperfectly developed. (Gr. a, and 



trophe, nourishment.) 



Atropurpureus. — Dark purple-to-black. (L. ater, 

 black, and purpura, purple.) 



Atrous. — The purest and most intense black. 

 (From L. ater.) 



