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Connectives. — Small thin cords connecting portions 

 of the nervous system, — generally ganglia. (L, 

 con, and necto, to tie.) 



Connexivum. — The flat, reflexed or vertical border 

 of the abdomen, to be seen in the Heteroptera. 

 It is caused by sections of the abdomen enlarging 

 to form a lateral margin. (From L. connexus, 

 pa. par. of connedo, to join.) 



Connivent. — ^The meeting of two lines so as to form 

 an angle ; convergent. (L. connivens, pr. par. 

 of connivo, to wink.) 



Consperse. — Thickly sprinkled with minute irregular 

 dots often confluent. (From L. con, fully, and 

 spargo, sparsum, to scatter.) 



Consute. — Having very minute elevations in a 

 series, at some distance from each other, of a 

 different colour from the rest of the surface, and 

 somewhat resembling stitching. (L. con, and 

 sua, to sew.) 



Contiguous. — Adjoining ; touching ; near. (L. 



conligu-us, that may be touched, iiear ; with 



suffix -o!<5.— L. con- (cum), with, and tag, as 

 in tac-tus, p.p. of tangerc, to touch. 



Contiguous. — When spots, pimcta, granules, etc., 

 are so close that they almost or altogether touch 

 each other. (See above for Der.) 



Contorted. — Twisted ; incumbent upon each other 

 in an oblique direction. (L. con, and torqueo, 

 tortum, to twist.) 



