GLOSSARY 
OF TERMS USED IN DESCRIBING THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 
Abbreviated, shortened, cut short 
Abdomen, the belly 
Acuminated, ending in a sharp point, 
sharp pointed 
Aculeated, furnished with prickles 
Adnate, adhering or growing together 
Alated, winged 
Alimentary, serving as food, belonging 
to food 
Annulated, ringed 
Annular, consisting of rings 
Annulation, a ring 
Anomalous, irregular, deviating from 
the general analogy of things 
Antenna;, two slender bodies placed 
on the heads of insects and other ani¬ 
mals 
Antiquated, (in conchology) longitudi¬ 
nally furrowed, but interrupted by 
transverse furrows as if the shell had 
acquired new growth at each fur¬ 
row. 
Apophysis, an excrescence 
Approximate, approaching, near to 
Arcuated, bent in the form of an arch 
Arenose, sandy 
Areola, a small area or circle 
Alternating, returning at certain in¬ 
tervals 
Articulations, junctures or joinings 
Attenuated, thin, slender 
Auriform, ear-shaped 
Aurated, eared 
Aurelia, a pupa, the third state cf an 
insect 
Azote, Nitrogen gas 
Barbed, bearded, any thing growing in 
place of a beard 
Beak, the bill of a bird, the nib 
Bizautler, the second branch of a stag’s 
horn 
Bi, prefixed to any word signifies two 
Biangular, having two corners or 
angles 
Bicuspid, having two points 
Bideutate, two-toothed, or double 
toothed 
Bifid, cleft, opening with a cleft 
Bifarious, parting in opposite direc¬ 
tions 
Bifurcate, divided into two branches 
Bilobate, divided into two lobes 
Bimarginate, double margined 
Biradiate, two-rayed 
Bisulcate, two-furrowed 
Branchiae, gills of fishes and reptiles 
Bullate, of a blistered appearance 
Burr, a round knob of horn next the 
deer’s head 
Byssus, a beard, common in muscles, 
pinnae, &c. 
Callosity, a protuberance 
Campanulate, bell-shaped 
Canaliculated, formed like a pipe or 
gutter 
Cancellated, ribbed in a transverse 
manner 
Canine teeth, the sharp pointed teeth, 
on each side of the four cutting cen¬ 
tral teeth of animals 
Carbon, pure basis of charcoal 
Carina, a keel 
Carinated, keeled 
Carnivorous, flesh-eating,that of which 
flesh is the proper food 
Cartilage, gristle 
Cartilaginous, consisting of cartilages, 
of the nature of cartilage 
Caudate, tailed 
Cere, a skin which covers the base of 
the bills of some birds 
Channelled, hollowed out, grooved 
Cheek teeth, the grinders 
Chyle, the white juice formed in the 
stomach, by digestion of the ali¬ 
ment, and afterwards converted into 
blood 
Cicatrix, a scar 
Ciliated, edged with parallel hairs, 
bristles, or appendages, like the eye¬ 
lids 
Cinereous, ash-coloured, of the colour 
of wood ashes 
Cirrous, like a tendril 
Class, a division of the animal king¬ 
dom. 
Clavate, club-shaped 
Claviform, of the form of a club 
Clavicle, the colar bone 
Cocoon, the nest which caterpillars 
