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CAFISTRATE. When the anterior part of 

 the head of an insect is attenuated and 

 subelongated into a kind of flat rostrum, 

 or muzzle. 



CAPISTRUM. A word used by Linnzeus to 

 denote the short feathers on the forehead, 

 just above the bill. In some birds these 

 feathers fall forward over the nostrils : 

 they quite cover those of the Crow. 



CAPITATE. Terminated in a knob. When 

 antennae suddenly end in a knob of one or 

 more joints. 



CAPRJFOKM. Having the form of a goat. 



CAPUT. The head, or first segment of in- 

 sects. 



CAKABIDOUS. Belonging to the group of in- 

 sects of which the genus Carabus is the 

 type. 



CARAPACE. The upper shell of a crab or 

 other crustaceous animal. The hard co- 

 vering or shell which protects the upper 

 part of the body of the Chelonian reptiles. 



CARDINAL TEETH (in shells). Those teeth 

 which receive their full development close 

 to the umbones. 



CARING. Keels ; when the surface is raised 

 into elongated lines. 



CARINATE. CARINATED. Having, as is the 

 case with certain shells, a longitudinal 

 prominence like the keel of a boat. 



CARIOUS. Corrupted ; ulcerated, as a bone. 



CARNEOUS. Fleshy ; having the qualities of 

 flesh. 



CARNIFICATION. A turning to flesh. 



CARNIVOROUS. Subsisting wholly on flesh. 

 The Carnivora form a family in the order 

 Carnaria. The word is also used to denote 

 a family of coleopterous insects which 

 pursue and devour others. 



CARNOSE. Of a soft and fleshy substance. 



CARPUS. The wrist. 



CARTILAGE. A smooth, solid, elastic sub- 

 stance, softer than bone, and of a homo- 

 geneous texture. Applied to shells, it 

 denotes the ligament, a flexible fibrous 

 substance by which the valves are united, 

 situated near the beak. 



CARTILAGINOUS. The term applied to those 

 fishes whose muscles are supported by car- 

 tilages instead of bones, or whose skeleton 

 is cartilaginous. Many of these are vivi- 

 parous, as the Ray and Shark, whose young 

 are excluded from an egg hatched within 

 them. Others are oviparous, as the Stur- 

 geon. Some of them have no gill-covers, 

 but breathe through apertures on the sides 

 of the neck or top of the head : others 

 have gill-covers, but are destitute of bony 

 rays. 



CARUNCLE. The fleshy comb on the head 

 of a fowl ; a soft wart-like eminence. 



CARUNCULATED. Having a fleshy excre- 

 scence, or soft fleshy protuberance. 



CASEOUS. Having the qualities of cheese. 



CASQUE. A helmet-shaped tuft on the head 

 of a bird. 



CASTANEOUS. Of a rich deep brown the 

 colour of a horse-chestnut. 



CATENATE. A term used when the surface 

 between impressed lines on elytra, &c. is 

 divided into oblong elevations, and is sup- 

 posed to resemble a chain. 



CATENULAX*. Consisting of little links or 



chains ; having a series of elevated oblong 

 tubercles resembling a chain. 



CAUDA. A tail : applied to parts resembling 

 a tail. In shells, the elongated base of the 

 ventre, lip, and columella. 



CAUDAL. Belonging or pertaining to the 

 tail. 



CAUDATE. CAUDATED. Having a tail. When 

 the wings of insects terminate in a tail- 

 like process. 



CAUDUL^E. Tail-like appendages to insects, 

 as in Cockroaches and Crickets. 



CAVERNULOUS. Full of little cavities. 



CELLULE. The divisions into which the 

 membranaceous wings of insects are di- 

 vided by the nervures. 



CELLULAR. Consisting of cells, or contain- 

 ing cells. The cellular membrane, or cel- 

 lular tissue, in animals, is composed of an 

 infinite number of minute cells communi- 

 cating with each other, and serving as re- 

 servoirs for fat. 



CELLULIFEROUS. Bearing or producing little 

 cells. 



CEMENTITIOUS. Agglutinating, having the 

 quality of cementing. 



CEPHALIC. Belonging to the head. 



CEPHALO-THORAX. The anterior division 

 of the body in spiders, scorpions, &c., which 

 consists of the head and chest united. 



CEPHALOPODOUS. Belonging to the Cepha- 

 lopoda, the class of Molluscous animals, 

 in which long prehensile processes, called ' 

 feet, project from the head. 



CEPHALOPHOROUS. Belonging to one of the 

 three orders of the class Cephalophora ; 

 the first consisting of Cuttle-fish, &c., 

 which are destitute of shells ; the second 

 composed of those microscopic cellular 

 bodies, which are regarded as shells by 

 some authors ; and the third containing 

 the true chambered shells. 



CERC^E. The feelers which, in some insects, 

 project from the hind part of the body. 



CERCARI^E. Those insects whose body is 

 terminated by a tail-like appendage. 



CERCARIIFORM. Shaped like the cercariae. 



CERE. The naked skin which, in some birds, 

 covers the base of the bill. 



CEREAL. Relating to the cere, or naked 

 skin that covers the base of the bill in cer- 

 tain birds. 



CEREBELLUM. The hinder part of the head, 

 or the little brain. 



CEREBRAL. Pertaining to the cerebrum or 

 brain. 



CEREBRUM. The brain. 



CEREBROID,E. The knots in which the dif- 

 fused brain of insects is centred. 



CEKEOUS. Partaking of the nature of wax. 



CERNUOUS. When the head of an insect 

 forms downwards an obtuse angle with 

 the horizontal line, or trunk. 



CERVICAL. Belonging to the neck. 



CERVICULATE. When the prothorax is elon- 

 gate, attenuate, and distinguished from 

 the antepectus by no suture ; so as to form 

 a distinct and unusually long neck. 



CETACEOUS. Pertaining to the whale kind. 



CETOLOGY. The natural history of cetaceous 

 animals. 



CHALYBEOUS. The blue metallic splendour 

 of the mainspring of a watch. 



