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in which other minerals are oc- 

 casionally imbedded like almonds 

 in a cake. A particular form of 

 volcanic rock. 



AMYG'DALUS. Lat. fr. gr. amugda- 

 lon, an almond. Generic name 

 of the almond tree. 



AMYLA'CEOUS. fr. lat. amy'lum, 

 starch. Starchy; of the nature 

 of starch. 



ANA'BAS. fr. gr. anabaino, I ascend, 

 I embark. A genus of fishes that 

 crawl on the land, and live for a 

 time out of water, (p.95, Bookiv.) 



A'NAL. Belonging or relating to the 

 anus. The arUil fin obtains its 

 name from being near the anus. 



AXA'LCIME. Cubizite: it is found in 

 grouped crystal s deposited by wa- 

 ter, in the fissures of hard lavas. 



ANA'LOGOUS. Having ' analogy, or 

 resembling. 



AN'ALOGUE. A substance or article 

 having ana'logy to others may be 

 called the an'alogue of those things 

 with which its properties or points 

 of resemblance are comparable. 



ABTA'LOGY. fr. gr. ana, between ; 

 logos, reason. Resemblance or 

 relation things bear to each other, 

 although not exactly alike in all 

 respects. 



AXA'LYSIS. fr.gr. analuo, I dissolve. 

 The separation of bodies into 

 their component parts. 



AXAMO'RPHIC. fr. gr. ana, above ; 

 niorphe, form. Applied to crys- 

 tals which have a nucleus re- 

 versed. 



Ax AMOH'PHOSIS. fr. gr. ana, again ; 

 morphosis, formation. Applied to 

 plants which, from morbid dege- 

 neration, assume a new or unu- 

 sual shape, so that, in some in- 

 stances, they are not recognisable. 



ANA'NAS. Portuguese. Pine-apple. 



AXAX'CHYTES. fr. gr. a, priv. (n for 

 euphony) ; agko, I strangle or 

 squeeze. A genus of fossil echi- 

 no^errns or sea-urchins, (p. 62, 

 Book viii.) 



ASAIB fr. gr. nessa, a duck, from 



co, I swim. 

 duck tribe. 



The name of the 



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AXASTOMO'SE. Vessels or nerves 

 that communicate with each 

 other are said to anastomose. 



Ax ASTOMO'SI s. fr. gr. ana, between ; 

 stoma, mouth. The communi- 

 cation between two vessels or 

 nerves. 



ANA'TID^. Lat. The duck tribe. 



AXA'TIFA. Plur. anatifee : fr. lat. 

 ana*, anatis, a duck ; fero, I bear. 

 A genus of cirrhopods. It was 

 for a long time believed that cer- 

 tain ducks were derived from the 

 metamorphosis of these animals; 

 and for this reason they were 

 called ana'tifa. 



AXATI'XA. Name of bivalves which 

 resemble the Solens. 



AN A'TOMY. fr. gr. ana, through ; te*n- 

 no, I cut; the description of the 

 structure of animals. The word 

 anatomy properly signifies dissec 

 tion ; but it has been appropri- 

 ated to the study and knowledge 

 of the number, shape, situation, 

 structure, and connexion, in a 

 word, of all the apparent proper- 

 ties of organised matter, whether 

 animal or vegetable. 



ANATO'MICAL. Relating or belong- 

 ing to anatomy. 



AXATRO'POUS fr. gr. anatrepd, to 

 turn upside down. Inverted ; a 

 term applied to a condition of 

 ovules in many plants, as in the 

 apple. 



AN'CHYLOSED. fr. gr. agkulos, crook- 

 ed. A joint that has become stift 

 and immoveable is said to be an- 

 chylosed. 



AXCI'PITAL. fr. lat. anceps, two- 

 edged. Double-edged. 



ANCYLO'CERAS. fr. gr. agkulos, 

 curved or hooked ; keras, horn. 

 A genus of coleopterous insects. 

 Also, a genus of fossil cephalo- 

 pods. 



AXCYLOCHE'IRA -- fr. gr. agkulos, 

 hooked ; cheir, the hand. A ge 

 nus of coleopterous insects. 



