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BOTRYOIDAL. Having the form of a buiich 

 of grapes. 



BOVINE. Pertaining to animals of the genus 

 bos or ox. 



BRACHIAL. Belonging to the arm. 



BRACHIOPODAL. Relating to the Brachio- 

 poda, a class of acephalous mollusca, with 

 two long spiral fleshy arms continued from 

 the side of the mouth. 



BRACHYPTEROUS. Short-winged. 



BRACHYUROUS. A term applied to the short- 

 tailed Crustacea. 



BRACKISH. Salt in a moderate degree ; as, 

 brackish water. 



BRANCHI.E. The respiratory organs which 

 extract the oxygen from air contained in 

 water ; the filamentous organs of fishes by 

 which they breathe in the water. 



BRANCHIAL. Relating to the branchiae, or 

 respiratory organs of fishes. 



BRANCHIOPODOUS. Belonging or pertaining 

 to the Branchiopoda, an order of Crustacea 

 in which the feet support the gills. 



BRANCHIOSTEOOUS. Having gill-covers, as 

 a branchiostegous fish ; or covering the 

 gills, as the branchiostegous membrane. 



BREED. A race or progeny from the same 

 parents or stock. Also, to have birth or 

 be produced ; as fish breed in rivers. 



BREEDING. The raising of a breed or breeds; 

 as, the farmer attends to the breeding of 

 sheep. 



BREVIPED. A fowl having short legs. Short 

 legged ; applied to certain birds. 



BRINDLED. Variegated with spots of dif- 

 ferent colours. 



BRISTLE. The stiff glossy hair of swine, es- 

 pecially that growing on the back. 



BROCKET. A red deer two years old. 



BRONCHIAL. Relating to the bronchia, or 

 ramifications of the wind-pipe in the lungs. 



BROW-ANTLER. The first branch that grows 

 on a deer's head. 



BROWSE. To feed on the tender branches or 

 shoots of shrubs and trees, as cattle, sheep, 

 and goats. 



BRUMAL. Belonging to the winter. 



BUCCAL. Belonging to the mouth. 



BUCCATE. When the nasus and anterior 

 part of the head of an insect are inflated. 



BURNISHED. Having the appearance of 

 being polished or made glossy. 



BUUROW. A hollow place or excavation in 

 the earth formed by various small animals 

 for the purpose of dwelling there in secu- 

 rity, and sometimes for depositing their 

 provisions. To lodge in a hole excavated 

 in the earth, as rabbits, &c. 



BUTYRACEOUS. Having the qualities of, or 

 resembling butter. 



BYSSIFORM. In shape and appearance like 

 the byssus. 



B Y SSIXE . Made of the silky filaments here- 

 under described. 



BYSSUS. The name of a long, lustrous, and 

 silky fasiculus of filaments, by which 

 some of the conchiferous molluscs are 

 affixed to submarine rocks, &c. It is by 

 no means an uncommon thing on the con- 

 tinent to meet with articles manufactured 

 from the byssus, and deposited in the 

 museums as curiosities worthy of preserva- 

 tion. In the British Museum is to be seen 



a pair of gloves made from this submarine 

 production. 



CADUCOUS. Falling off at a certain season, 

 as the hair of animals, &c. 



CJECA. Minor stomachs, thrown off from 

 the principal one ; particularly observable 

 in the voracious herbivorous insects, which 

 have the anterior portion of the stomach 

 in the form of a gizzard. 



C^CUM. A blind tube, or a tube perforated 

 at one end only. 



CJESIOUS. Very pale blue, with a little black; 

 the colour of what are termed blue eyes. 



CALCARATE. When the tibia is armed with 

 one or more spurs. 



CALCAREOUS. Partaking of the nature of 

 lime. 



CALCAREUM. A spur or sharp-pointed pro- 

 cess to the tail. 



CALCARIA. The stiff spines with which the 

 tibia, in most insects is furnished. The 

 spurs on the legs of some of the males of 

 Gallinaceous birds. 



CALCEOLIFORM. Oblong, and somewhat co- 

 arctate in the middle. 



CALLOSITY. Any hard, horny tumidity, 

 formed in the skin of some animals, (such 

 as the Dromedary, for instance,) in those 

 parts which are subject to most use. By 

 conchologists it is used to denote those 

 undefined tumidities or bumps which 

 appear in the inner surface of some bivalve 

 shells. 



CALLOUS. Hardened ; indurated ; of a horny 

 or cartilaginous substance. 



CALLOW. Destitute of feathers ; unfledged. 



CALLUS. Any corneous or bony excrescence; 

 an indurated knob or protuberance. 



CALOTTE. A covering of feathers on the head 

 of a bird, bearing a fancied resemblance 

 in shape to the cap or coif worn in popish 

 countries as an ecclesiastical ornament. 



CAMPANULATE. Bell-shaped. 



CANAL. A groove or channel observable in 

 different parts of spiral shells, belonging 

 to carnivorous mollusca, and is that part 

 fitted for the protrusion of the cylindrical 

 siphon possessed by the animal. 



CANALICULATED. Made like a groove, canal, 

 or furrow. 



CANALIFORM. Having an elongate depres- 

 sion, channel, or furrow. 



CANCELLATED CANCELLATED. Cross-barred; 

 marked with cross lines, or transverse lines 

 crossing longitudinal ones at right angles. 

 In conchology, it denotes that the surface 

 of a shell is marked by lines which cross 

 each other. 



CANCERITE. A petrified crab. 



CANINE. Pertaining to dogs. Canine teeth 

 are two sharp-pointed teeth in each jaw of 

 an animal, one on each side, between the 

 incisors and molars. 



CANTHUS. An angle of the eye ; a cavity at 

 the extremity of the eyelids ; the greater 

 is next to the nose, the lesser near the 

 temple. 



CAPILLARY. Fine, minute ; small in dia- 

 meter, though long, resembling a hair ; as 

 a capillary vessel or tube. Applied to the 

 antennae of insects, nearly as slender as a 

 hair. 



