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CLOACA. The cavity common to the termi- 

 nation of the intestinal, urinary, and ge- 

 nerative tubes. 



CLOVEN-FOOTED. Having the foot or hoof 

 divided into two parts, as the ox ; bisul- 

 cous. 



CLYPEIFORM. Shield-shaped ; applied to 

 the large prothorax in beetles. 



CLYPEATE. When the prothorax quite 

 covers and overshadows the head ; or when 

 a concavo-convex plate is affixed to the 

 outside of the cubit. 



COALITE. When parts usually separate are 

 distinguished neither by incisure, segment, 

 nor suture. 



COARCTATE. Enveloped closely by a cose, 

 as the pupa of an insect which gives no 

 indication of the parts it covers. 



COCHLITE. A fossil shell having a mouth 

 like that of a snail. 



COCOON. An oblong ball or base in which 

 certain insects involve themselves and pass 

 their pupa state of existence ; as, the silk- 

 worm involves itself in a cocoon, by form- 

 ing threads of which its silk is afterwards 

 composed. 



COCHLEATED. Spiral, resembling a turbi- 

 nated shell. 



COLEOPTEROUS. Belonging to the CoJeop- 

 tera, an order of insects in which the first 

 pair of wings serves as a sheath to defend 

 the second pair. 



COLLAPSE. To close, 



COLLATERAL. Desce 

 stock or ancestor. 



COLLIGATE. Adhering, or so fixed to any 

 part as to have no separate motion of its 

 own. 



COLLIFORM. When the prothorax is short 

 and narrow, and not so conspicuous as the 

 other pieces of the trunk. 



COLLUM (the neck). In entomology, the 

 constricted posterior part of a pedunculate 

 head, by which it inosculates in the trunk. 



COLON. In anatomy, the largest division of 

 the intestinal canal. 



COLUBRINE. Relating to serpents. 



COLUMELLA. The central column, taking 

 its rise from the basal centre. 



COLUMELLAR. Pertaining to or resembling 

 a columella. 



COLUMNAR. Formed like the shaft of a co- 

 lumn ; the vertical section cuneate, the 

 circular horizontal. 



COMATE. The surface thickly covered by 

 very long flexible hairs. 



COMMIQRATE. To migrate together, or in 

 a body, from one country to another. 



COMMISSURE. Articulation ; a joint, seam, 

 or closure ; a suture in the cranium or 

 skull. Also, certain parts in the ventricles 

 of the brain, uniting the two hemispheres. 



COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. [See ANATOMY.] 



COMPLANATE. A convex or irregular sur- 

 face having a plain light depression. 



COMPONENT. Forming a compound ; as, the 

 component parts of a fossil substance, &c. 



COMPOSITUS (ventriculus). The upper part 

 of the stomach of an insect, having a long 

 pear-shaped cell for the reception of blood 

 sucked from animals. 



COMPLICANT. When the elytra lie a little 

 over each other. 



COMPOUND EYES. Those eyes of insects 

 which consist of an aggregate of hexagonal 

 lenses. 



COMPRESSED. Flatted at the sides vertically. 



CONCAMERATED. Arched over ; vaulted. 



CONCAVE. Hollow, and arched or rounded, 

 as the inner surface of a spherical body. 



CONCAVO-CONCAVE. Concave or hollow on 

 both surfaces. 



CONCAVO-CONVEX. Concave on one side, 

 and convex on the other. 



CONCENTRIC. Having a common centre. 

 Surrounding a centre ; applied to the di- 

 rection taken by the lines of growth in 

 spiral and other shells. 



CONCHA. Shells consisting of two or more 

 pieces or valves, bivalves or multivalves. 



CONCUIFEROUS. Pertaining to the ConcM- 

 ferce, a class of Invertebrated animals, or 

 Mollusca inhabiting bivalve shells. Pro- 

 ducing or having shells. 



CONCIUFORM. When the base-covers of an 

 insect are a semi-circular concavo-convex 

 scale something resembling the valve of a 

 bivalve shell. 



CONCHIFER. A bivalve shell with unequal 

 valves. 



CONCHITE. A fossil or petrified conch or shell. 



CONCHOIDAL. Resembling a conch or marine 

 shell ; having convex elevations and con- 

 cave depressions, like shells. 



CONCHOLOOICAL. Pertaining to conchology. 



CONCHOLOOY. The science which treats of 

 shells and their included animals. 



CONCHYLACEOUS. Pertaining to or resem- 

 bling a shell ; as conchylaceous impressions. 



CONCOLORATE. Of the same colour with 

 another part. 



CONCRETION. The act of growing together, 

 or of uniting, by other natural process, the 

 small particles of matter into a mass. A 

 solid substance formed in the soft parts or 

 in the cavities of animal bodies. 



CONDENSATIVE. Having a power or ten- 

 dency to condense. 



CONDYLOID. The projecting soft end or 

 process of a bone. 



CONFIGURE. To dispose in a certain form, 

 figure, or shape. 



CONFLUENT. Flowing together ; when spots 

 &c. run into each other. 



CONFORMATION. The particular structure 

 of a body, or disposition of the parts which 

 compose it. 



CONGENERIC. Being of the same kind or 

 nature. 



CONGENERS. Animals of the same kind or 

 nature. 



CONGENIAL. Partaking of the same genus, 

 kind, or nature ; agreeable to the nature. 



CONGENITAL. Of the same birth ; born with 

 another. 



CONGERIES. A collection of several particles 

 or bodies in one mass or aggregate. 



CONGLOBATE. Formed or gathered into a 

 ball. 



CONIROSTRAL. Having the beak shaped like 

 a cone. 



CONNATE. When parts that are usually 

 separated are, as it were, soldered together, 

 though distinguished by a suture. 



CONNATURAL. Participating of the same 

 nature ; connected by nature. 



