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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



rfros, cartilage. Name of a genus 

 of sea-weeds. Name of a genus 

 of gasteropoda, (p. 40, Book v). 



CHONDROPTER YGIAN. fr. gr. chon- 

 dros, cartilage; pterux, pterugos, 

 fin or wing. Systematic name of 

 fishes with a cartilaginous skele- 

 ton. 



CHONDROPTERYGII. Lat. plur. of 

 chotidropterygius. Chond roptery- 

 gians. Chondropterygii branchiis 

 y?:ris,chondropteryiiians with fixed 

 branchiae. Chondropterygii bran- 

 chiis liberis, chondropterygians 

 with free branchiaa. 



CHO'RION. A clear limpid liquor 

 contained in a seed at the time of 

 flowering. 



CHOROID. fr. gr. chorion, the skin; 

 eidos, resemblance. The name of 

 several vascular membranes. A 

 thin membrane of a very dark 

 colour, which lines the sclerotica 

 internally. 



CHOROIDES. Plnr. of choroid. 



CHROME. fr.gr. chroma, colour. The 

 oxide of a metal called chromium. 

 Oxide of chrome is green and 

 furnishes a valuable colour for 

 porcelain. 



CHRO'MULE. fr. gr. chroma, colour. 

 The name of the colouring mat- 

 ter of plants. 



CHRONO'LOGY. fr. gr. chronos, time ; 

 logos, discourse. The science 

 which treats of the divisions of 

 time, and the order and succes- 

 sion of events. 



CHRY'SAIID. ^ fr. gr. chrusos, gold. 



CHRY'SALIS. j The second stage 

 of the metamorphosis of insects. 



CHRYS'OLITE. fr. gr. chrusos, gold ; 

 /I//JGS, a stone. Gold-stone. 



CHRYSO'PHRIS (kris-o'-fris). fr. gr. 

 chrusos, gold ; ophrus, eye-brow. 

 Golden eye -brow. Systematic 

 name of the Daurade, given to it 

 on account of a crescent-shaped 

 band of golden hue, which ex- 

 tends from one eye to the other. 



CHYLE. fr. gr. r/m/os, nutritious juice. 

 A nutritive fluid of a whitish ap- 



pearance, which is extracted from 

 food by the action of the diges- 

 tive organs. 



CHYLI. Lat. Of chyle. 



CHYLI'FEROUS. fr. lat. chylus, chyle; 

 fero, I carry. Carrying or convey- 

 ing chyle. 



CHYLIFIC A'TIOJT .-fr. lat. chylus, chyle ; 

 facere, to make. The formation 

 of chyle by the digestive pro- 

 cesses. 



CHYME. fr. gr. chumos, juice. A 

 kind of grayish pulp, formed from 

 the food after it has been for some 

 time in the stomach. 



CHYMIFICATION. fr.gr. e/mmos, juice, 

 fr. lat. facere, to make. The for- 

 mation of chyme. 



CICA'DA. Lat. A grasshopper. 



CICA'TRICES. Lat. plur. of cicatrix. 



CICA'TRIX. fr. lat. caecare, to conceal. 

 The scar which remains after the 

 healing of a wound. The u mus- 

 cular impressions" or points where 

 the adductor muscles are attached 

 in bivalve shells are called cica- 

 trices. 



CICA'TRICULK. fr. lat. cicatrix, a 

 scar. The scar formed by the se- 

 paration of a leaf from its stem. 

 A stem so marked is said to be 

 scarred or cicatrized. 



CICIN'DELA fr. \at.cicendela, a glow- 

 worm. Name of a genus of 

 beetles. 



CICONIA. Lat. A stork. 



CIDA'RIS. Lat. A cap or turban. 

 Name of a genus of echini'dere. 

 (p. 150, Book viii). 



CIL'IA. fr. lat. cilium, eye-lash. Ap- 

 plied to a peculiar sort of moving 

 organs, resembling microscopic 

 hairs. The terms ciliary motion, 

 and vibritile motion have been em- 

 ployed to express the appearance 

 produced by the moving cilia. 

 Any part is said to be ciliated 

 which is fringed with hairs. 



CILIA'TO-DENTATE. Toothed and 

 fringed with hairs like the eye- 

 lashes. 



CILIA'TUS. Lat. Ciliated. Hav- 



