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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



and vegetables; it constitutes the 

 chief part of the white of eggs. 



ALBUR'NUM. Lat. Sap-wood. 



ALCA. Lat. The name of a tribe of 

 web-footed birds. An Auk. 



AL'CES. Lat. an Elk one of the 

 dogs of Acteon was so called 



AL'CEDO. Lat. A kingfisher. 



.A L'C YON. fr. gr. alkuon, formed 

 from als, the sea; kuo, I produce. 

 (The Halcyon, the name of a 

 fabulous bird of the ancients 

 which was supposed to build its 

 nest on the sea, at a season when 

 it was presumed to be cairn. This 

 season embraced a period of four- 

 teen days, which were called the 

 Halcyon days.) The specific name 

 of a kingfisher. 



A'LCYONITES. A general term for 

 the fruit-like, spongiforrn fossils 

 common in chalk formations. 



A LECTOR. fr. gr. alektor. The do- 

 mestic cock. 



ALEC'TROID. fr. gr. alektbr, the do- 

 mestic cock ; eidos, resemblance. 

 Applied to poultry. 



A'LGA. Lat. Sea-weed. 



A'LGJE. Plur. of alga. Name of a 

 sub-class of crytogamous plants, 

 which is subdivided into three 

 families: the Phy'ceee, or sub- 

 merged sea-weeds; the Lichens, 

 or emerged sea-weeds; and the 

 Byssa'cece, or amphibious sea- 

 weeds. The algae or sea-weeds 

 are agarnous plants which live in 

 the air, on the surface or at the 

 bottom of fresh or salt water ; 

 they are remarkable for their cel- 

 lular or filamentous structure, into 

 which no vessels enter. 



A'LIFORM. fr. lat. ala, wing ; forma, 

 form. Wing-like ; shaped likes 

 wing. 



ALIMENT. fr. lat. alimentum, formed 

 from alere, to nourish. Any sub- 

 stance, which, if introduced into 

 the system, is capable of nourish- 

 ing it, and repairing its losses. 

 Food. 



A riMjE'xTARY. Affording nourish- 



ment. The intestinal tube is so 

 called because it is the medium 

 through which food is conveyed 

 into the body. 

 A'LLAGITE. A mineral ; carbo-sili- 



cate of manganese. 

 A'LLANITE. A mineral containing 

 cerium, named after Mr. Allan. 



ALLIA'CEOUS. fr. lat. aliium, garlic. 

 Partaking of the properties of 

 garlic. 



ALLOPHYL'LOUS. fr. gr. allos, alter- 

 nate, and phullon, leaf. Having 

 alternate leaves. 



ALLU'MINITE. Native hydrated sub- 

 sulphate of alumina. 

 ALLUMI'NIUM. A metalloid. 



ALLU'VIAL. Of the nature of allu- 

 vium. 



ALLU'VIOJT. 7 fr- l at - alluo, I wash 



ALLU'VIUM. 3 upon. Gravel, sand, 

 mud, and other transported mat- 

 ter washed down by rivers and 

 floods upon land not permanently 

 submerged beneath water. A 

 deposit formed from transported 

 matter, (p. 94, Book viii.) 



A'LMANDJNE. Precious garnet. 



ALOPECU'RUS. fr. gr. alopex, fox; 

 oura, tail. Name of a kind of 

 grass. 



ALO'SA. Generic name of the shad. 



ALOU'ATTE. French name of the 

 howling monkey. 



ALPE'STRIS. Lat. Belonging or re- 

 lating to the Alps. 



ALPINE. Belonging to the Alps. 



ALPI'NUS. Lat. Alpine. 



ALTE'RNATE. Being by turns; one 

 after another. 



ALU'CO. Specific name of a shell. 



AL'ULJE. Lat. Little wings. Two 

 diminutive scales found in dipte- 

 rous insects above the halteres. 



A'LUM. A sulphate of alumina and 

 potassa. 



ALU'MINA. fr. lat. alumen, alum. 

 Pure argil; the basis of alum; 

 one of the earths. 



ALU'MINOUS. Of the nature of alu' 

 mina. 



ALUTA'CEOUS. fr. lat. aluta, tanned 



