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GLOSSAllY. 
spin for themselves, before their 
transformation into the pupa state 
Commissure, a joint, or seam 
Compressed, perpendicularly squeezed 
together, in opposition to depressed, 
which is horizontally flattened 
Concamerated, divided into com¬ 
partments 
Condyle, a knot in any of the joints 
formed by the epiphysis of a bone 
Confluent, running together 
Connoid, in the figure of a cone, sugar- 
loaf-shaped 
Contorted, twisted 
Convergent, or Converging, approxi¬ 
mating 
Convoluted, rolled upon itself, twisted 
spirally, like a piece of paper rolled 
between the finger and the thumb 
Cordiform, heart-shaped 
Coriaceous,of a leather-like consistence 
Corneous, horny 
Coronal, relating to the crown or top 
Coronated, crowned, or girt towards 
the apex 
Crenulated, notched at the margins, 
scalloped 
Crinated, hairy 
Crispated, rough with waving lines 
Crustaceous, consisting of a crust com ¬ 
posed of phosphate of lime, and ani¬ 
mal matter 
Cuneated, wedged 
Cuneiform, shaped like a wedge 
Cylindrical, round like a cylinder or 
roller 
Cymbiform, boat-shaped 
Deciduous, falling off 
Decorticated, worn, as if rubbed, 
divested of epidermis or skin 
Decussated, applied to striae or lines 
which are crossed, or intersect each 
other perpendicularly and horizon¬ 
tally 
Deflexed, bent aside 
Dentary, of or belonging to the teeth 
Dentile, belonging to the teeth 
Denticles, small teeth 
Denticulated, toothed 
Dentition, the teeth as a body 
Depressed, pressed down horizontally, 
low, shallow, flat 
Dewlaps, pieces of flesh, which hang 
pendulous from the bottom of the 
throats of horned cattle, deer, &c. 
Diaphanous, transparent, clear, pel¬ 
lucid 
Digitated, fingered or clawed 
Disk, the round face of any object 
Distichous, in double rows 
Diurnal, of, or belonging to the day 
Divaricated, straddling, spreading out 
widely 
Divergent, tending to various parts, 
or directions from one point 
Dolabriform, axe-shaped 
Dorsal, relating to the back 
Duplicated, divided into two plaits or 
folds 
Duplicature, a fold, any thing doubled 
Echinated, bristled like a hog, set with 
spines 
Effuse, spread out 
Elliptical, having tbe form of an ellip¬ 
sis, oval 
Elongated, lengthened, drawn out 
Elytra, hard membranous substances 
covering the wings of various insects, 
such as beetles, &c. 
Emarginate, 1 with the margin 
Emargiuated, 3 notched 
Ensiform, sabre shaped 
Entire, uninterrupted, not divided 
Epidermis, the outer or scarf skin 
Equilateral, having both sides alike 
Equivalve, having both valves of equal 
dimensions 
Exolete, worn or faded 
Exserted, standing out, protruding 
Extensible, capable of being stretched 
out 
Extraneous, not belonging to a parti¬ 
cular thing 
Exude, to issue out 
Falcated, bent or hooked like a scythe 
Farina, a tine mealy or scaly substance 
covering the wings of insects 
Fasciated, filleted or covered with 
bands 
Fasciculated, consisting of little bun¬ 
dles 
Ferruginous, of a rusty colour 
Filament, a small thread 
Filamentary, thready 
Filiform, shaped like a thread 
Fimbria, fringe 
Fimbriated, fringed 
Fissure, a cleft, a little slit, a narrow 
chasm 
Flexuous, zigzag, with angles gently 
winding 
Flexure, a bending 
Fluviatile, of or belonging to fresh 
water 
Foliaceous, consisting of laminae or 
leaves 
Foliated, leaved 
Formula, a model 
Fossa, an excavation 
Furcated, forked 
Furrowed, consisting of small trenches 
or hollows 
Fuscous, of a dusky brown colour 
Fusiform, spindle-shaped,intermediate 
between conical and oval 
Gelatin, viscous, stiff, cohesive mat¬ 
ter, a jelly extracted from animal 
substances by solution in water but 
not in alcohol 
Gelatinous, consisting of gelatin 
