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GLOSSARY. 



legs alike in size and position ; it 

 includes the sow-bugs, etc. 



Lar'va (" a mask"), an insect in a 

 caterpillar state; an undeveloped 

 animal. 



Lepidop'tera (pi.) ("scale-winged"), 

 the order of insects which consists 

 of butterflies, moths, etc. 



Mamma'lia (pi.) (" pertaining to the 

 breast"), the class of animals that 

 suckle their young. 



Marsupia'lia (pi.) ("pouched"), an 

 order of mammals the female of 

 which carries her young in a pouch, 

 as the kangaroo and opossum. 



Maxilla (" a jawbone"), the jaw in 

 animals and insects. 



Metamor'phosis (" change across"), a 

 change of form. 



Mollus'ca (pi.) (" soft"), a division of 

 animals having soft bodies and no 

 internal skeleton, as snails. 



Mollus'coids (" mollusk-like"), ani- 

 mals (like polyzoa, brachiopods, 

 and tunicates) that somewhat re- 

 semble mollusks. 



Monotrem'ata (" one vent"), an order 

 of mammals that lay eggs. 



Morphol'ogy (" a discourse on form"), 

 the department of science treating 

 of the organs and structure of 

 animals. 



Myriop'oda (pi.) (" ten - thousand- 

 footed"), a class of articulate ani- 

 mals having many-jointed feet. 



Nematoi'dea ("thread-like"), a group 

 or class of slender worm-like ani- 

 mals; thread-worms. 



Neurop'tera (pi.) (" nerve-winged"), 

 an order of insects having trans- 

 parent nerved wings, as the dragon- 

 fly. 



Nidifica'tion ("making a nest"), the 

 act of building nests. 



O'cydrome ("swift runner"), a rare 

 bird of New Zealand, that cannot 

 fly, but runs very swiftly ; there are 

 several species. 



Ornithol'ogy (" discourse on birds"), 

 that part of zoology which treats 

 of birds. 



Orthop'tera (pi.) ("straight-winged"), 

 that order of insects which in- 

 cludes grasshoppers, etc. 



O'vum (pi. O'va), the egg. 



Par'asite (" a guest"), an animal that 

 lives upon or within another ani- 

 mal. 



Perissodac'tyla (pi.) ("odd-toed"), a 

 suborder of ungulate mammals 

 having an odd number of toes, as 

 the tapir, rhinoceros, and horse. 



Phyllop'oda (pi.) ("leaf-footed"), an 

 order of branchiopod crustaceans 

 having flattened feet, like the 

 brine-shrimps. 



Phylloxe'ra (" leaf-drier"), a genus of 

 aphids, or plant-lice, one species 

 of which (P. vastatrix, the " devas- 

 tating phylloxera") is exceedingly 

 destructive to the grape-vine in 

 certain regions. 



Phy'lum (" a tribe"), any sub-king- 

 dom or primary division of the 

 animal kingdom, such as the verte- 

 brata. 



Pinnipe'dia (pi.) ("fin-footed"), a 

 suborder of carnivorous mammals, 

 including the seals and walrus. 



Pis'ces (pi.) flfrfish.es"), that class of 

 the vertebrata which includes the 

 fishes. 



Plana'rians (" flat"), a group of flat- 

 tened fresh-water worms. 



Platyhel'mia (pi.) ("flat-worms"), an 

 extensive phylum, including tape- 

 worms, leeches, and many other 

 worm-like forms. 



Podaxo'nia (pi.) (" axis - footed"), a 

 phylum of animals, including the 

 Gephyrea and the Polyzoa. 



Pol'yps ("many-footed"), animals 

 having no organs of locomotion, 

 and provided with a circle of ten- 

 tacles round the mouth. 



Polyzo'a (pi.) ("many animals"), a 



