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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



APHT'LLOUS. fr.gr. a, priv. ; phuUon, 



a leaf. Leafless. 



AFIA'STER. Lat. from apis, a bee. 

 The specific name of the common 

 Bee-eater. 



A'PICAL. Belonging to the apex. 



API'CULATE. Terminating in a lit- 

 tle point. 



API'CULUS. Lat. A small point. 

 When the midrib projects beyond 

 the leaf, forming a little point, or 

 when a small point is abruptly 

 formed, it is termed apiculus. 



APIO'CRINITEB. fr.gr. apion.a pear; 

 krinon, lily. The pear encrinite 

 (p. 149, Book viii). A sub-genus 

 of fossil encri'nites, in which the 

 stem is rounded and dilated, at 

 its upper part, into a pyriform 

 shape. 



API'VOROUS. fr. lat. apis, a bee ; 

 vorare, to eat. Bee-eating. One 

 that eats bees. 



APLY'SIA. fr. gr. aplusia, unclean- 

 ness; that which cannot clean 

 itself. Systematic name of Sea- 

 hares, to which the ancients attri- 

 buted many fabulous properties. 



APLT'SIA. Plur. of Aplysia. 



APOCA'RPOTJS. fr. gr. apo, from ; kar- 

 pos, fruit. Applied to fruits formed 

 of a single carpel. 



A'PODA. fr. gr. a, without ; pous, po- 

 dos, a foot. Without feet. Ap- 

 plied to birds of Paradise, because 

 it was once supposed they had no 

 feet. 



APO'DES. Lat. Applied to an order 

 of fishes. 



APODOUS. Without feet. 



APOXEUROSES. fr. gr. apo, from ; neu- 

 ron, a nerve. (The ancients called 

 every white part neuron.) Mem- 

 branous expansions of muscles 

 and tendons are so called. 



APOPHY'LLITE. -fr. gr. upophullidzo, 

 to strip off leaves. Ichthyo 'phthal- 

 ntite, or fish-eye stone. A scarce 

 mineral, having a pearly lustre, 

 like the species of feldspar called 

 moonstone. It owes its name to 

 its lamellar structure. 



APO'PHTSIS. fr.gr. apo, from; phuo, 

 I rise. An eminence or process 

 of bone. A swelling beneath the 

 theca of a moss. 



AP'OPLEXY. fr. gr. apo, from ; plessd, 

 I strike : a disease of the brain, 

 an obstruction of the nervous 

 principle which deprives the body 

 suddenly of sensation and motion. 



APOTHE'CIA. fr. gr. apo, upon ; theke, 

 a capsule. Little shields; ap- 

 plied to the reproductive organs 

 of lichens. 



APOTHE'CUM. fr. gr. apotheke, a re- 

 pository. 



APPARATUS. Lat. ad, for ; parare, to 

 prepare : a collection of instru- 

 ments or organs for any operation 

 whatever. An assemblage of or- 

 gans. 



APPENDICES. Plur. of appendix. 



APPENDI'CULATE. That which has 

 small appendages. 



AP'PENDIX. Lat. ad, to ; pendere, to 

 hang; something added. Any 

 part that adheres to an organ, or 

 is continuous with it. 



AP'PENSE. Being hung up as a hat 

 is upon a pin; an approach to 

 pendulous. 



APPRESSED. When hairs lie flat 

 upon the surface of a plant, they 

 are said to be oppressed. 



APTEJTODY'TES. fr. gr. a, priv.; pte- 

 nos, winged, with the power of 

 flying, and dutes, a diver. The 

 systematic name of Penguins. 



A'PTERA. fr. gr. a, priv.; pteron, a 

 wing. A series of insects cha- 

 racterized by the absence of 

 wings. 



AP'TEROUS. Without wings. 



APUS. fr. gr. apous, without feet. 

 Bird of Paradise. Specific name 

 of the common martin. 



AQ.UA'TIC. fr. lat. aqua, water. Re- 

 lating or belonging to water. 



AQ.UA'TICA. 7 Lat. Aquatic. Relat- 



AQ.UA'TICUS. 5 ig or belonging to 

 water. 



A'o.UEOUs ROCKS. Rocks composed 

 of matter deposited by water. 



