A GLOSSARY 



OF TERMS 



USED IN NATURAL HISTORY, 



The following abbreviations are used : 



Ft. French 



fir. fr. from the French 



Ger. German 



fr. ger. from the German 



Gr. Greek 



fr. gr. from the Greek 



It. Italian 



fr. it. from the Italian 



Lat. Latin 



fr. lat. from the Latin 



Sp. Spanish 



fr. sp. from the Spanish 



PJur. Plural 



priv. privative. 



ABDO'METT fr. lat. abdere, to con- 

 ceal. The belly; that part of 

 the trunk which contains the or- 

 gans of digestion, namely, the 

 stomach, liver, pancreas, intes- 

 tines, &c. 



ABDO'MUTAL. Relatingto the belly. 



ABDOMIKA'LES. Lat. Plur. ofa6- 

 domina'lis, relating to the abdo- 

 men. An order of soft-finned 

 fishes, which have the ventral 

 fins placed beneath the abdomen 

 behind the pectoral fins. (See 

 p. 99, Book iv.) The families 

 arranged under this order are 

 Cyprinoides, or carps; the Silu- 

 roides, or Silures ; the Salmonoi- 

 des, or salmons; the Clupeoides, 

 or herrings; and the Lucioides, 

 or pikes. 



ABDU'CTOR. fr. lat. abduco, I draw 

 from. Applied to those muscles 

 which move one part of an ani- 



mal's body from another. The 

 action of the abductor is opposite 

 to that of addu'ctor muscles. (See 

 addu'ctor.) 



ABNO'RMAL. fr. lat. a6, from, nor- 

 ma, rule. Not conformable to 

 rule. 



ABNO'HMOTJS. Out of rule; mis- 

 shapen. 



AB'OMA. Specific name of a Boa. 



ABOMA'SUS. Lat. a&, from, without, 

 and oma'ssum, stomach. The 

 fourth stomach of Ruminants. 

 The Rennet-bag. 



ABO'RTIVE. fr. lat. aborior,! abort, 

 that is, bring forth before the na- 

 tural time. Any part of a plant 

 which does not acquire its nor- 

 mal developement is said to 

 abort : stamens which have no 

 anthers, and seeds which have 

 no embryos, are said to be abor- 

 tive. In some instances abortion 



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