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Falcata. — (Lacinia.) Acute and bent over towards 



the opposite lacinia ; sickle-shaped. (L. falcatns, 



form falx, falcis, a sickle.) 

 Falcate. — Eesembling a sickle. (L. falcatvs.) 

 Falciform. — (Mandibulse). When long and curved 



in the form of a sickle, (L. jalx, and forma, 



form.) 

 Fallopian Tubes. — See oviduct. (The name 



Fallopian tubes is so called after an Italian 



anatomist, Fallopins, mistakenly regarded as 



the discoverer.) 

 Farinose. — Pertaining to a mealy appearance. 



(From L. farina, meal.) 

 Fascia. — A coloured band. A broad transverse 



band. (L. fascia, a band.) 



Fascia. — A broad transverse stripe ; a stripe, which 

 is broader than a line, (L. fascia.) 



Fasciatus, Fasciate. — Having a broad transverse 

 stripe. (From L. fascia.) 



Fascicle, Fascicule. — A bundle of long hair. (L, 

 fasciculus.) 



Fasciculate.^ — (Antennre.) Every joint possessing 

 a tlistinct pencle, or long hair. (From L. 

 fascicvhis, a little bundle.) 



Fasiculate. — Possessing fasicules. (L, fasciculus.) 



Fastigiate. — Flat -topped ; equal in height. (L. 

 fastigiatus.) 



Fat Cells. — Large masses filling out all the spaces 

 between the viscera. They are filled with fat 

 globules, and are of mesodermal origin. (A.S. 

 fat, and L. cello, a cell.) 



