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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



common centre, but are after- 

 wards variously subdivided. 



CY'MOSE. Resemblingacyme; flow- 

 ering in cymes. 



CT'NIPS. A genus of insects. The 

 gall-fly. 



CYXOCE'PHALUS. fr. gr. kuon, a dog ; 

 kephale, head. A species of mon- 

 key is so called, because its head 

 resembles that of a dog. It is 

 the baboon of the moderns. 



CYPHEL'LJE. fr. gr. kuphella, the hol- 

 lows of the ears. Pale tubercle- 

 like spots on the under surface of 

 the thallus of lichens. 



CY'PREA. fr. gr. kupris, Venus. A 

 genus of gasteropod mollusks. A 

 cowry. Cypreea moneta. The 

 money cowry. 



Crmx'm. Lat. plur. of Cypnea. 



CYPRICAR'DIA. fr. gr. kupris, Venus; 

 cardium, a cockle. A genus of 

 the family of chama'cea. 



CYPRI'NA. A genus belonging to a 

 group of cy'clades. 



CYPRI'NUS. Lat. A carp. 



CTPHINI'DJE. > fr. gr. kuprinos, a 



CYPRIXOI'DES. carp; eidos, resem- 

 blance. Systematic name of a 

 family of fishes. 



CT'PRI s. fr. gr. kupris, Venus. Name 

 of a genus of crustaceans. 



CYP'SELA fr. gr.kupsele, a bee-hive. 

 See Achenium. 



CT'PSELUS Lat. A martin or swal- 

 low. 



CTRE'XA. A genus of bivalve mol- 

 lusks. 



CYTOBLAST. fr. gr. kutos, a cavity; 

 blastano, to sprout. An element- 

 ary organ or nucleus observed in 

 the cellular tissue of plants. 



DAC'TTLIS. fr. gr. daktulos, a finger. 

 A genus of the family of grami- 

 nese. Dactylis ctespitosa. Tussock 

 grass. 



DACTYLOP'TERTTS fr. gr. daktulos, 

 finger; pteron, wing. Wing-fin- 

 gered. Systematic name of the 

 true flying-fishes. 



DAMA. Lat. A fallow-deer. 



DAMPS. Permanently elastic fluids 

 which are extricated in mines. 

 Choke Damp is carbonic acid gas ; 

 Fire Damp is light carburetted 

 hydrogen which explodes on com- 

 ing in contact with fire. 



DAN'ICUS. Lat. Danish. Belong- 

 ing to Denmark. 



DAS'TPUS. fr. gr. dasu*, thick, hairy; 

 pous, foot. Hairy foot. Generic 

 name of the armadillo. 



DASY'URIDJE. fr. gr. dasus, thick, 

 hairy; oura, tail. Ursine opos- 

 sums. A family of mammals. 



DA'TA. fr. lat. datum, given, a gift. 

 Admitted facts. 



DAURADE. Fr. Name of a fish. 



DEBACLE. Fr. Sudden escape of 

 water from a lake, following a 

 bursting of its barrier, (p. 128, 

 Book viii). 



DEBRIS. Fr. Wreck, ruins, re- 

 mains. In geology the term is 

 applied to large fragments, to dis- 

 tinguish them from detritus, or 

 those which are pulverized. 



DECAGT'ITIA. fr. gr. deca, ten ; gune, 

 pistil. Name of an order of 

 plants characterized by ten pis- 

 tils. 



DECA'NDRIA. fr. gr. deca, ten ; aner, 

 stamen. Name of a class of 

 plants characterized by ten sta- 

 mens. 



DECAPHYL'LUS. Lat. Ten-leaved. 



DE'CAPOD. Of the family of deca- 

 pod a. 



DECAPO'DA. fr. gr. deca, ten; pous, 

 foot. A family of crusta'ceans 

 characterized by ten ambulatory 

 feet. 



DE'CIDUOTJS. fr. lat. decido, to fall 

 off. Applied to plants whose 

 leaves fall in the autumn. Any 

 thing which falls off in a certain 

 stage of growth, as the terminal 

 whorls of pupaform land-shells, 

 the petals and sepals of certain 

 flowers, &c. 



DE'CLIXATE. fr. lat. declino, to bend 

 downwards. Bent downwards. 



DECO'LLATED. fr. lat. decollo, to be 



