GLOSSARY. 325 



teropodous Molluscs, in which the respiration is aquatic, and the respi- 

 ratory organs are mostly in the form of distinct gills. 



BRANCH-I-O-GAS-TE-ROP'O-DA (= Branchifera). 



BRAN-CHI-OP'O-DA (Gr. bragchia; and pous, foot). A legion of Crustacea, in 

 which the gills are supported by the feet. 



BRAN-CHI-OS'TE-GAL (Gr. bragchia, gills ; stego, I cover). Applied to a mem- 

 brane and rays by which the gills are protected in many fishes. 



BREV-I-LIN'GUI-A (Lat. brevis, short ; lingua, tongue). A division of the La- 

 certilia. 



BREV-I-PEN-NA'IM: (Lat. brevis, short ; penna, a wing). A group of the Na- 

 tatorial Birds. 



BRONCH'I (Gr. brogchos, the windpipe). The branches of the windpipe 

 (trachea}, by which the air is conveyed to the vesicles of the lung. 



BRU'TA (Lat. brutus, heavy, stupid). Often used to designate the Mamma- 

 lian order of the Edentata. 



BRY-O-ZO'A (Gr. bruon,, moss; zoon, animal). A synonym of Polyzoa,, a clasa 

 of the Moiluscoida. 



BUC'CAL (Lat. bucca, mouth or cheeks). Connected with the mouth. 



BUR' SI-FORM (Lat. lursa, a purse ; forma, shape). Shaped like a purse ; sub- 

 spherical. 



BYS-SIF'E-ROUS. Producing a byssus. 



BYS'SUS (Gr. lussos, flax). A term applied to the silky filaments by which 

 the Pinna, the common Mussel, and certain other bivalve Mollusca, attach 

 themselves 'to foreign objects. 



CA-DTJ-CI-BRANCH'I-ATE ([Lat. caducus, falling off : Gr. bragchia, gills). Applied 



to those Amphibians in which the gills fall off before maturity is reached. 

 CA-DU'COUS. Applied to parts which fall off or are shed during the life of the 



animal. 



C^E'CAL (Lat. ccecus, blind). Terminating blindly, or in a closed extremity. 

 C^E'CUM (Lat. ccecus). A tube which terminates blindly. 

 CuEs'pi-rosE (Lat. ccespes, a turf). Tufted. 

 CAI-NO-ZO'IO. (See Kainozoic.) 

 CAL'CAR (Lat. fora spur). Applied to the "spurs" of Easorial Birds; and 



also to the rudiments of the nind limbs in certain Snakes. 

 CAL-CA'RE-OUS (Lat. calx, lime). Composed of carbonate of lime. 

 CAL'ICE. The little cup in which the polype of a coralligenous Zoophyte 



( Actinozoori) is contained. 

 CAL-Y-CO-PHOR'I-D^E (Gr. Tcalux, a cup ; and phero, I carry). An order of the 



oceanic Hydrozoa, so called from their possessing bell-shaped swimming 



organs (nechocalyces). 

 CA'LYX (Lat. calyx, a cup). Applied to the cup-shaped body of Vorticdla 



(Protozoa), or of a Crinoid (Echinodermata). 



CAM-PAN-U-LAR'I-D^E (Lat. campanula,, a little bell). An order of Hydroid Zoo- 

 phytes. 

 CA-NINE' (Lat. canis, a dog). The eye-tooth of Mammals, or the tooth which 



is placed at or close to the praemaxillary suture in the upper jaw, and the 



corresponding tooth in the lower jaw. 

 CA-PIT'U-LUM (Lat. dim. of caput, head). Applied to the body of a Barnacle 



(Lepadidae), from its being supported upon a stalk or peduncle. 

 CAR'A-PACE. A protective shield. Applied to the upper shells of Crabs, 



Lobsters, and many other Crustacea / also to the case with which certain 



of the Infusoria are provided. Also the upper half of the immovable case 



in which the body of a Chelonian is protected. 

 CAR-I-NA'IM: (Lat. carina, a keel). Applied by Huxley to all those birds in 



which the sternum is furnished with a median ridge or keel. 

 CAR-NIV'O-RA (Lat. caro, flesh ; voro, I devour). An order of the Mammalia. 

 CAR-NIV'O-ROUS (Lat. caro, flesh ; voro, I devour). Feeding upon flesh. 

 CAR'NOSE (Lat. caro). Fleshy. 

 CAB-POPH'A-GA (Gr. karpos, fruit ; phago, I eat). A section of the Marsw- 



pialia. 



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