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CORALLIO'PHAGA. fr. gr. korallion, 

 coral ; phagein, to eat. Coral-eating. 



CORALLOI'DES. fr. gr. korallion, co- 

 ral-, eidos, resemblance. Coral- 

 like. Specific name of a Devo- 

 nian fossil, (p. 33, Book viii). 



CORAI, RAG. Certain beds of the 

 middle o'olite, consisting chiefly 

 of corals, (p. 63, Book viii). 



CORAI. RED. The calcareous inter- 

 nal skeleton of a polypipherous 

 animal, coloured with oxide of 

 iron. 



COH-AJT'GUINUM. Lat. cor, heart; 

 anguinum, snake-like. Specific 

 name of a fossil, (p. 75. Book viii). 



CORAX. Lat. A raven. 



COR'BIS. Lat. A twig basket, or 

 pannier. Name of a genus of 

 acephalous mollusks which have 

 the external surface of the shell 

 marked by ribs and transverse 

 lines, resembling basket-work, (p. 

 84, Book v). 



COR'CULUM. fr. lat. cor. the heart. 

 Thf embryo or vital principle of 

 a seed, so named from its frequent 

 resemblance in form, to a little 

 heart. 



COR'DATE. Heart-shaped. 



Con'niFOHM. fr. lat. cor, cordis, heart ; 

 /orma, shape. Heart-shaped. 



CORIA'CEOUS. fr. lat. coriaceus, con- 

 sisting of leather. Leathery. 

 Formed of leather. 



CORISANTHE'RE^E. fr. gr. koris, St. 

 John's wort; anthos, flower. Sys- 

 tematic name of a class of plants. 



COR'IUM. Lat. The skin or hide. 



CORM. A subterranean stem. 



CO'RMUS. fr. gr. kormos, stem. The 

 representative of the stem in 

 bulbous plants. 



CORN BRASH. An o'olitic bed con- 

 sisting of clays and sandstones. 

 Its name is probably derived from 

 the excellence of the corn-land, 

 which results from the decompo- 

 sition of the limestones, and their 

 mixture with the sandstones and 

 clay. 



COH'JTKA fr. lat. cornw, horn. One 



of the coats of the eye, so called 

 because it has some resemblance 

 to horn. It is the anterior, trans- 

 parent part, through whioh light 

 passes. 



COR'STEJE. Plur. of cornea. 



COR'XEOUS. Horny ; resembling the 

 colour or substance of horn ; as 

 the epidermis of some, and the 

 operculum of other spiral shells; 

 the albumen of many plants, &c. 



COR'NEULE. A diminutive of cor- 

 nea ; a term applied to the mi- 

 nute transparent segments which 

 defend the compound eyes of in- 

 sects. 



CORXI'CULATB. fr. lat. corniculum, a 

 little horn. Horned ; terminating 

 in a horn-like process. Horn- 

 shaped. 



CORNU. Lat. A horn. 



CORXU AMMO'NIS. See Ammonite. 



CORNU'TUS. Lat. Horned. 



CORO'LLA. Lat. A little crown. 

 Tiie internal envelope of the flo- 

 ral apparatus. 



CORO'LLA. Plur. of corolla. 



CORONA. Lat. A crown. A genus 

 of plants. 



CoRo'if*. Plur. of corona. 



COR'ONAL. Relating to the crown 

 or top of a shell. 



COROXA'TA. Lat. Crowned. 



COR'ONATED. Crowned, or girt to- 

 wards the apex. 



COR'PUS. Lat. A body. The body 

 of a shell, the last or great wreath 

 in which the aperture is situate. 



CORPU'SCULK. fr. lat. corpus, body. 

 A diminutive body. 



CORRALLOI'DAL. Resembling bran- 

 ches of coral. 



CORRODED. Containing numerous 

 cavities, as if worm-eaten. 



CORRUGATE. "> fr. lat. con, together , 



CORRUGATED. 3 ruga, a wrinkle. 

 Wrinkled; folded up in every di- 

 rection. 



CORSE'LET. A light armour for the 

 front part of the body. The se- 

 cond segment or ring of the body 

 of insects. 



