4 GLOSSARY. 



Aglos'sa (Gr. a, not ; glossa, a tongue). A group of the Am- 

 phibia in which a tongue is not developed. 



Aglyphodo'ntia (Gr. a, not ; glupho, I carve ; odous, odontos, a 

 tooth). A division of the Ophidia which have none of the 

 maxillary teeth grooved. 



Ag'minated (L. agmen, a troup). Grouped together; as the 

 agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine. 



Ailuroi'dea (Gr. ailouros, a cat). A group of the Carnivora 

 which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas. 



Ala vespertilio'nis (L. the wing of the bat). The name applied 

 to that part of the womb between the Fallopian tube 

 and the ovary, fromits resemblance. 



Alse (L. ala, a wing). The lateral petals of such a flower as 

 that of the pea or bean. Also applied to winglike pro- 

 cesses of bone or muscle, as the aise of the diaphragm and 

 of the sphenoid bone. 



Alary (L. ala, a wing). Applied to certain muscles attached in 

 pairs to the walls of the pericardial chamber inserted into 

 the hypodermis in some Insecta. 



Albu'men (L. albus, white). A proteid animal substance of 

 which the white of an egg may be taken as an example. 

 Vegetable albumen is a similar substance found in many 

 seeds between the embryo and the integuments. 



Albur'num. The young wood of an exogenous stem. 



Alectromor'phae (Gr. alector, a cock ; morphe, form). The 

 fowls. 



Al'gae (L. algor, coldness, or alligo, to entangle). The sea- 

 weeds and similar plants. 



Alimen'tary canal (L. alimentum, nourishment). The di- 

 gestive cavity from the mouth to the anus. 



Alimenta'tion (L. alimentum, nourishment). The taking of 

 nourishment into the system. 



Alina'sal pro'cess (L. ala, awing; ndsus, the nose). A pro- 

 cess surrounding each nasal aperture in the chondro- 

 cranium of the frog. 



Alisphe'noid (L. dla, a wing; os sphenoides, the sphenoid bone). 

 A bone of the skull which is represented in human 

 anatomy by the great wing of the sphenoid bone. 



Allan'to^s (Gr. alias, a sausage). An outgrowth from the hinder 

 part of the embryonic alimentary canal in mammals, birds, 

 and reptiles, which performs the part of a respiratory 

 organ during part of foetal life. 



Alligato'ridae. The alligator group of reptiles. 



