A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



CAK'CER. Lat. A crab. 



CAN'CROMA. The generic name of 

 the boatbills. 



CANDESCENT. "> Hoary; approaching 



CANE'SCENT. 3 to white ; frost- 

 like. 



CANIC'ULA. Lat. A dog-fish. 



CANI'CULATED. Channelled or fur- 

 rowed. 



CA'NINE. fr. lat. cants, a dog. Teeth 

 which resemble those of a dog 

 are so called ; the canine teeth of 

 the upper jaw in man, are com- 

 monly called the eye-teeth. 



CA'NIS. Lat. Dog. 



CANNA'BIS. Lat. Hemp. 



CANNABI'NA. Lat. Belonging or 

 relating to hemp. The specific 

 name of the linnet. 



CANNJEFO'RMIS. Lat. fr. eawna, a 

 reed ; /ormts, form. Reed-shaped. 



CAN'THARIS. Lat. A kind of fly. 



CANTHA'RIDES. Plur. of cantharis. 



CAOUT'CHOTJC. Gum elastic ; India- 

 rubber, a substance obtained from 

 the Jatropha elastica, the Ficus 

 indica and the Urceola elastica. 



CAPE'NSIS Lat. Belonging or relat- 

 ing to the Cape of Good Hope. 



CAPIL'LART. fr. lat. capillus, hair. 

 Hair-like, small. The capillary 

 vessels are the extremely minute 

 terminations of the arteries and 

 commencing branches of the 

 veins. 



CAPIS'TRUM. The sides of a bird's 

 head immediately behind the bill. 



CA'PITAL. fr. lat. caput, head. An 

 assemblage of flowers on a com- 

 mon receptacle. 



CAP'ITATE. Growing in a head. 



CAPITA'TI, flares. Lat. Flowers col- 

 lected into heads, as thistles and 

 other plants, with compound flow- 

 ers growing with a head. 



CAPI'TULAR. Growing in small 

 heads. 



CAI^'PULI. Small heads. 



CAPITU'LIFORM Formed like a 



small head. 



CAPI'TULUM. Lat. A capital. 



CAPITA'TUS. Lat. Headed. 



CA'PRA. Lat. Goat. 



CA'PPARIS. Lat. Caper-bush. 



CAPRIFOLIA'CE.E. fr. Int. capra t 

 goat; folium, leaf. Systematic 

 name of a family of plants, the 

 type of which is the genus capri 

 folium. 



CAPRIMU'LGXJS. Lat. A milker of 

 goats. Systematic name of the 

 goatsuckers, which is derived 

 from a notion entertained by the 

 vulgar, that these birds suck goats, 

 and even cows. 



CAPSU'LE. fr. lat. capsula, a little 

 casket or chest. A form of fruit. 

 Dental capsules are membranous 

 pouches in which the teeth are 

 formed. 



CA'PULUS. Lat. A hilt or handle. 

 A genus of gasteropods. (p. 58, 

 Book v.) 



CA'PULOI'BA. ) fr. lat. capulus, and 



CA'PULOI'DES. the Gr., eidos, re- 

 semblance. A family of gastero- 

 pods. 



CA'RABI. Plur. of Carabus. 



CA'RABUS. A genus of insects. 



CA'RAPACE. The shell of crusta- 

 ceans. 



CARAP'AX. The systematic name 

 of the upper shell of tortoises. 



CAR' BON. fr. lat. carbo, charcoal. A 

 chemical element or undecom- 

 posed body. The diamond is 

 pure carbon. It is the basis of 

 anthracite, and of all the varie- 

 ties of mineral coal, and is one 

 of the principal constituents of all 

 organic bodies. 



CAR'BOWATE. A compound of car- 

 bonic acid with a salifiable base; 

 carbonate of lime, for example, is 

 a compound of carbonic acid with 

 lime, constituting chalk, lime- 

 stone, marble, &c. 



CARBONA'CEOUS. Belonging or re- 

 lating to carbon. 



CARBONATED SPRINGS. Springs of 

 water containing carbonic acid 

 gas. 



CARBON'IC A'CID. This is a gas 

 which neither supports com!: us- 



