DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENTS 



Fin-Fle 



Fingergelenk n. articulation between the 



digits. 

 Fingerglied n. phalanx of a finger. 

 Fingergrube /. digital fossa. 

 Fingerhirse /. Eleusine f. 

 Fingerhut m. Digitalis. 

 Fingerkraut n. PotentiUa. 

 Fingernagel m. fingernail. 

 Fingersehne /. digital tendon. 

 Fingerspitze /. finger tip. 

 Fingerstrecker m. extensor muscle of 



finger. 

 Fingerverwachsung /. sjmdactyly. 

 Finne /. Cysticercus; juvenal form of 



tape-worm. 

 Finnenanlage /. Cysticercus blastema 



stage. 

 Fioringras n. Agrostis alba L. 

 Firngürtel in. region of perpetual snow. 

 Firnlehne /. declivity of perpetual snow. 

 First rn. ridge. 

 Firste des Oberschnabels /. (orn.) : cul- 



men. 

 Fischbein n. whalebone. 

 Fischmilch /. soft roe, milt. 

 Fischölseife /. fish-oil soap. 

 Fischsatz m. fry; fish for brood. 

 Fischwirbel m. fish vertebra. 

 Fisole /. Phaseolus vulgaris L. 

 Fittich m. (orn.): wing; pinion, 

 fixieren v. to fix. 

 Fixiermittel n. fixing agent. 

 flach a. shallow; complanate. 

 flacharmig a. flat-armed (cells of spongy 



parenchyma). 

 Flächendichte /. density of surface. 

 Flächenhelle /. brightness of a surface, 

 flache Knospenlage /. straight vernation, 

 flächenläufig a. diadromous. 

 Flächenmessung/, surface measurement, 

 flächenständige Samenanlage /. parietal 



placenta. 

 Flächenstellung /. epistrophy (of plas- 



tids). 

 Flächenumriss m. surface outline. 

 Flächenwachstum n. growth in area, 

 flachgriindig a. shallow (soil). 

 Flachhand /. palm of the hand. 

 Flachland n. plain. 



Flachmoor n. shallow moor; marsh, 



swamp. 

 Flachhochmoor n. a sphagnum moor with 



a flat surface. 

 Flachmoorwiese /. low-moor meadow. 

 Flachschorf m. shallow scab. 



Flachs m. flax. 



Flachslilie /. Phormium. 



Flachsmüdigkeit /. flax-sick soil. 



Flachspross m. cladode; phylloclad. 



Flachsprossgev/ächse n.pl. phylloclads. 



Flachsseide /. flax dodder. 



Flachv/asser n. shallow water. 



Flachwasserwelle /. shallow-water wave. 



Flachwunde /. surface wound. 



flachwurzelig a. shallow-rooted. 



Flankenchimäre /. sectorial chimera. 



Flankenlage /. parastrophy (of plastids). 



Flarkmoor n. moor with aggregation of 

 eroded patches of surface vegetation. 



Fläschchen n. small bottle. 



Flaschenbaum m. Brachychiton. 



flaschenförmig a. lageniform; flask- 

 shaped; ascidiate. 



Flaschenkürbis m. Lagenaria. 



Flattergras n. Milium. 



Flattertiere n.pl.{zo.): Chiroptera. 



Flaum m. down. 



Flaumfeder /. down; plumule. 



Flaumhaar n. down. 



flaumhaarig a. pubescent. 



flaumig a. pubescent. 



Flaumkäfer m.pl. (eni.): Eucnemidae 

 (Melasidae). 



Flechse /. tendon. 



Flechsenbein n. tibia. 



Flechsenhaube /. calotte. 



Flechte /. lichen. 



Flechtenheide /. lichen-heath. 



Flechtenmatte /. carpet of lichens. 



Flechtenpilz m. lichen-fungus. 



Fleck m. spot. 



Fleckenbildung /. spotting. 



Fleckfieber n. spotted fever. 



Fleckung /. patching (marking of a 

 flower). 



Fledermäuse/.pZ. (zo.): Chiroptera. 



Fledermausblütler m.pl. flowers polli- 

 nated by bats. 



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