EXPLANATION OF 



TECHNICAL TERMS, 



UNAVOIDABLY USED IN NATURAL HISTORY. 



, sharpened. 



AMPHIBIOUS, capable of living by land or water. 

 ANIMALCULES, smalt animals generally imperceptible without the 



aid of the microscope. 

 ANNULATED, marked with rings. 



ANTLKRS, horns overhanging the brows, applied to deer. 

 AQUATIC, living or growing in the water. 

 Bifin, divided into two parts. 



EJACULATED, marked with two spots, or two series of spots, 

 BIVALVK, or BIVALVULOUS, with shells or opeoings. 

 CALLOSITY, a hard lump. 

 CANINE, belonging to the dog kind. 

 CARINATED, formed like the keel of a ship. 

 XJARNIVOHOU&, living on flesh. 

 CARTILAGINOUS, having gristles instead of bones, generally a pi 



plied to fishes. 

 C*:RE, a skin over the bills of birds, sometimes moveable, as iu 



parrots. 



CETACEOUS, of the whale kind. 

 CINEKEOUS, ash-coloured. 

 CORDIFOUM, shaped like a heart. 



CRUSTACEOUS, covered with shells, as lobsters, crabs, &c. 

 DIGITATED, having the feet divided iu'o many parts, like finger*. 

 DORSAL, belonging to the back. 



EXSANCUINOUS, animals without blood, as worms, &c. 

 ENTOMOLOGY, Description of insects. 

 FELINE, of, or belonging to the cat kind. 

 FERRUGINOUS, of an iron or rust colour. 

 I'nucivoRoua, living on grain, seeds, &c. 

 PUUCATED, forked. 



GALLINACEOUS, belonging to the lien kind. 

 GESTATION, the time of going with young. 

 GREGARIOUS, associating together; applied to animal*. 

 HERBIVOROUS, living on grass. 

 ICHTHYOLOGY, the description of fishes. 

 IMBRICATED, plated over one another like tiles* 

 INCUBATION, sitting on eggs, applied to birde. 

 INSBCIIYOROUS, living oil insects. 



