INDEX-GLOSSARY. 



Acarina, 571 



Accessory buds. 57 



Accipitres, 650 



Achatinella, distribution of, 828 



Achene, 156 



Acicula, a needle-shaped structure, 346 



Acrania, (Gk. having no skull), 624 



Actinomma, 126 



Adaptations, 829 



regarding food, 844 

 light 838 



temperature, 839, 840 

 water, 837 



Adelochorda, 617 



Adventitious buds, 57 



^Ecidiospores, 749 



yEpyornithes, 650 



African fauna, 826 



Agglutinin, 777 



Aggregate fruit, 164 



Air sacs, 647 



Albatross, 650 



Albumen, the white of an egg, 677 



Aleurone, 19, 95, 672 



Alexin, (Gk. to ward off), 776 



Alga, pi. algae (L. a sea weed). 



Algae, 177, 178 



blue-green, 232 



Allantois, one of the fcetal membranes 

 of reptiles, birds and mam- 

 mals, 174, 641, 651 



Alligator, 644 



Alternation of generations, 525, 741 



Altitude and plants, 204 



Ambulacral, pertaining to the system 

 of tube feet of an echino- 

 derm. 



Ambulacral system, 550 



Amiatus, 635 



Amnion, one of the fcetal membranes 

 of reptiles, birds and mam- 

 mals, 641, 651 



Amoeba, 68, 178, 303 



chemical sense of, 353 

 digestion in, 452, 453, 464 



Amceba, reproduction in, 495, 496 



respiration in, 476 



response in, 407 



sense of sight, 355 

 of touch, 354 



temperature sense, 356 

 Amcebina, 510 

 Amphibia, 350, 637 



structure of, 637 

 Amphineura, 593 

 Amphioxus, syn. for Branchiostoma 



(lancelet). 



Amphipoda, 561, 563 

 Amphitrite, 139 



Amphiuma, the "congo snake." 

 Ampulla, 550 

 Amylolytic, converting starch into 



sugar, 461 



Amylolytic ferments, 463 

 Amyloplast a starch forming cor- 

 puscle, 93, 672 

 Amylopsin, 462 

 Andreaceae, 277 

 Andrcecium, 123, 128 

 Anemophilous, pollinated by the wind, 



139, 140 



Angiosperms, 171, 298 

 Angler fish, 844 

 Animal coloration, 860 

 Anisopoda, 561 



Annelida (L. annellus a ring) worms 

 with a segmented, ringed 

 body, 542 



Annelids, circulatory system of, 469, 

 470 



locomotion of, 410, 411 



nervous system of, 438 



reproductive system of, 501, 502 



trochophore larva of, 501 

 Anomostraca, 561 

 Anomura, 561, 562 

 Anopheles, 768 

 Ant bear, 66 1 

 Ant eater, spiny, 176 

 Antedon, 144 

 Antelope, 666 



excretion in, 489 

 Numbers refer to paragraphs; Black Face numbers refer to figures. 



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