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Gizzard. — Tlie pro ventriculus, the muscular stomacli 

 designed for crushing the food. (F. — L.) M.E. 

 giser the [d being added). — O.F. gegier, jugier, 

 juisier. (F. gesier). — L. gigerinm, only in pi. 

 gigeria. (Late L. gizeria), cooked entrails of 

 poultry. The Stomach. See Stomach and 

 Proventriculus. 



Glabrate. — Brilliantly glossy. (From L. glaher, 

 smooth.) 



Glabrous. — Smooth, hairless, and without punctures 

 and sculpture. (From L. gCaber.) 



Glassotheca. — ^The proboscis-case ; that portion of 

 the theca enclosing the protruding proboscis 

 often seen in the pupse of Lepidoptera ; the 

 tongue-case. (A.S. glees, and Gr. theca, a case.; 



Glaucous. — Grey ; bluish -green ; resembling the 

 colour of the sea. (L. glaucus, grey ; blue ; 

 sea-green.) 



Globate, Globose. — ^Egg.) Perfectly globose, 

 round in all directions ; spherical. (L. globus, 

 sphere, ball, etc.) 



Glochls. — A barbed point. (Gr.) 



Glossae. — The first lobes of the second maxillse or 

 labium. (Taken from L. glossa, a word needing 

 explanation ; from Gr. the tongue ; the root is 

 uncertain.) 



Gonapophyses. — Processes situated in the genital 

 pouch of the female insect, which act as forceps 

 for grasping the egg-capsule. (From Gr. gone, 

 seed, physis, a genital power.) 



