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Crisp. — (Margin.) When the limh is disproport- 

 tionally larger than the disc so as to render the 

 margin uneven with irregular rise and fall. 

 (L. crisp'js. curled.) 



Cristate. —Having one or two very elevated lines 

 usually crenate. Crested, tufted. (L. cristatus, 

 tufted.) 



Croceus. — Yellow, like the blossom of the crocus. 

 (L. and Gr. yellow, saffron. ■) 



Crop." — A thin walled sac situated in the thorax, 

 and part of the abdomen, and when present is 

 an enlargement of the end of the oesophagus, and 

 lined internally with a muscular coat. (A.S. 

 cropp, top, the caw.) 



Cross nerve. — (M.E. cros, from Icel. kross, 

 adopted from 0. Irish cros. — L. cruc-em, ace. 

 of crux, a cross; and Gr. neuron, a nerve.) 

 See Suboesophageal commissure. 



Cruciate. —Divided to the middle into four opposite 

 arms, the angles being either four right ones, or 

 two obtuse and two acute ; cruciform. (L. 

 cruciatus, crucified, to put in the form of a cross, 

 from crucio.) 



Cruciform. — In the form of a cross, cross-shaped. 

 (L. crux (genit, crucis) a cross, and/orwa, shape.) 



Crusta. — The shell of a crustacean. (L. crusla, 

 the crust, the hard surface of a body.) 



Crustacea. — A class of the articulata, including 

 lobsters, shrimps, and wood-lice, so called from 

 the crust-like shell which covers the body and 

 legs. (L. crusta, the hard surface of the body.) 



