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ing the margin guarded by par- 

 allel bristles, like the eye-lash. 



CI'LICLE. A small hair, like an 

 eye'-lash. 



CIL'IOBIIACHIA'TA. fr. lat. cilia, vi- 

 bratile hairs; brachium, the arm. 



CIUOBHA'CHIATE. A term applied 

 by Dr. A. Farre to those polyps, 

 whose arms are covered with 

 cilia, forming important agents in 

 securing prey. These are the 

 Eryozoa of Ehrenberg. and are 

 ranged among the tubular polyps 

 of Cuvier. 



CI'MKX. Lat. The " familiar'' bug. 



CIXCHO'NA. Name of Peruvian 

 bark, so called from the Spanish 

 Viceroy's lady, the Countess of 

 Cinchon, who was cured of fever 

 by it, at Lima, about 1638. 



CIN'CLUS, fr. gr. kigklos, name of a 

 bird. Generic name of the wa- 

 ter-thrush. 



CIN'DFRS. Matters remaining after 

 combustion. 



CINEHA'CEUS.^J fr. lat. cineres, ashes. 



CIN'EREA. I Belonging or relat- 



CIN'ERKUS. f ing to ashes; ashy; 



CIN'EROUS. J ash-coloured. 



Ci NGULUM. Lat. A girdle. A trans- 

 verse series of bony pieces con- 

 nected by flexible joints are term- 

 ed ringula. The neck of a tooth. 



CIH'CINATE. fr. lat. rircino, to make 

 a circle. Curled round like a 

 sharp hook: round, or rounded. 



CIR'CUS. Lat. A gentle falcon. 

 The generic name of the har- 

 riers. 



CIRUHI'FKROUS. Bearing tendrils. 



CIR'KHOPOD. 7 A description of arti- 



CiR'niPED. 3 ciliated animals. 



CIH'RHOPODA. ) fr. lat. cirrus, a ten- 



CIR'RIPEDA. dril ; pes, foot. A 

 class of articulated animals, cha- 

 racterized by having a number of 

 long, curled, articulated processes, 

 analogous to the feet of the crus- 

 taceans, which project from the 

 Central aperture of the multivalve 

 shell protecting them. They are 

 commonly called barnacles. 



CIRRI. Lat. plur. of cirrus. 



CIRRO-CUMULUS. A sondercloud ; a 

 kind of cloud. The cirro-cumulus 

 is intermediate between the cir- 

 rus and cumulus, and is composed 

 of small, well defined masses, 

 closely arranged. 



CIRRHOSE. 7 Having tendrils, or 



CIRRHOUS. 3 clampers. 



CIHR OSO-PINNATE. fr. lat. cir'rus, 

 a tendril; pinna, wing. A form 

 of pinnate leaf having tendrils at 

 the extremity. 



CIRRO-STRATUS. A wanecloud. The 

 cirro-stratus, intermediate be- 

 tween the cirrus and stratus, con- 

 sists of horizontal masses, sepa- 

 rated into groups, with which the 

 sky is sometimes so mottled as to 

 suggest the idea of resemblance 

 to the back of a mackerel. 



CIR'RUS. Lat. A tendril. A cloud. 

 Applied to certain appendages 

 of animals; as the beard from. 

 the end and sides of the mouth 

 of certain fishes. The cirrus, or 

 rurl cloud consists of fibres or 

 curling streaks which diverge in 

 all directions. It occupies the 

 highest region, and is frequently 

 the first cloud which is seen after 

 a continuance of clear weather. 



CI'STUDE fr. gr. kiste, a chest, a 

 coffer. Name of a kind of tor- 

 toise. The box tortoise. 



CITRINE'LLA. fr. lat. citrus, a citron 

 tree. The specific name of the 

 Yellow Bunting. 



CITRU'LLUS. Lat. Diminutive of 

 citrus. 



CI'TRUS. Lat. Lemon or orange 

 tree. 



CIVE'TTA. Lat. Civet. From the 

 Arabic, zebed, or zobad, froth, or 

 the peculiar secretion of the civet. 

 The civet. 



CLASPING. Surrounding the stem 

 with the base of the leaf. 



CLASS. fr. gr. klesis, from kaleo, I 

 call. The order according to 

 which persons or things are ar- 

 ranged or distributed 



