110 ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



INDIGENOUS. Natural to the soil or country. 



INTEGUMENT. A covering, applied generally to skin. 



ISOTHERMAL. Of equal heat or temperature. 



LATERAL. Growing out of or running along the sides. 



MAMMIFEROUS. That suckle their young. 



MOLAR. Grinding. 



MUZZLE. The snout or nose. 



NAKED. Destitute of hair, applied generally to the ears 

 or tail. 



OBLIQUE. Not perpendicular, sloping. 



PALMATE. Extended out like the flat of the hand. 



PARACHUTE. Any means of buoying up a falling object, 

 as an open umbrella. 



PELTRIES. Furs and skins. 



PENDULOUS. Hanging, not supported below. 



PHOSPHORESCENCE. Luminosity, -emitting the appearance 

 of light. 



PISCIVEROUS. Feeding on fish. 



POSTERIOR. The hind quarters. 



PREHENSILE. Capable of grasping with. 



PREMATURE. Before its time. 



PROTRUSION. Something thrust forward or standing pro- 

 minent. 



RUFOUS. Of a reddish colour. 



SAVANNAH. An open meadow in the South. 



SCEPTICISM. Open to doubt and disbelief. 



SPIRAL. Whirling like a screw. 



TRANSVERSELY. Running crosswise. 



VERMIFORM. Shaped like a worm. 



