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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



Fi'cus. Lat. A fig. 



FIDDLE-LIPPED. Having a lip re- 

 sembling the figure of a fiddle. 



FIL'AMENT. fr. lat. filamentum, 

 which is the diminutive of filum, 

 a thread. A very small fibre; a 

 fibril. 



FILAME'NTOUS. Of the nature of a 

 filament. 



FILIA'HIA. fr. lat. filum, a thread. 

 A family of thread-like cntozoa. 



FILIA'RIJE. Lat. plur. of filia'ria. 



FI'LICES. Lat. Ferns. 



FI'LIFORM. fr. lat. filum, a thread ; 

 forma, form, shape. Thread-like. 



FIM'BRIATED. fr. lat. fimbria. a 

 fringe. Fringed; having the mar- 

 gins bordered by filiform append- 

 ages. 



FIST. The limb of a fish, by aid of 

 which it balances itself, and di- 

 rects its course. 



FINGER-PARTED. In botany, divid- 

 ed into lobes, so as to resemble the 

 five fingers of the human hand. 



FIN-RATS. The rays or spines which 

 serve to sustain and spread the 

 fins. 



FIO'RD. Norwegian. A Frith. 



FIOH'DUR. Icelandic. A Frith. 



FIRO'LA. Name of a genus of gas- 

 teropods. (p. 67, Book v). 



FIRO'L-K. Lat. plur. of firola. 



FIRMAME'NTUM. Lat. The firma- 

 ment. 



FIS'SILE. fr. lat.yjrtrfo, I split. Ea- 

 sily split. 



FISSI'PAROUS. fr. lat. fastis, a cleft; 

 pario, to bring forth. A mode of 

 propagation by the spontaneous di- 

 vision of the body of the parent 

 into two or more parts, each of 

 which, when separated, becomes 

 a distinct individual. 



FISSIPEN'NA. fr. lat. Jindo, I split; 

 penna, wing. A genus of insects, 

 remarkable for the wings being as 

 it were split into separate parts. 



FISSIPEN'NJE. Lat. plur. of Fissi- 

 penna. 



FISSIRO'STRES. fr. lat. Jissura, a 

 slit, a fissure ; rostrum, a beak. 



Fissure beaks. Systematic name 

 of a family of passerine birds. 



FIS'SURE. A crack, a separation; 

 a split. 



FISSURE'LLA. fr. lat. Jindo, I split. 

 A genus of gasteropods having a 

 split or opening in the top of the 

 shell. 



FISSURE'LLA. Lat. plur. of Fissu- 

 rella. 



FISTULA'NA. fr. lat. fatula, a pipe. 

 Name of a tribe of rnollusks. (p. 

 88, Book v). 



FISTULA'NJS. Lat. plur. of Fistu- 

 lana. 



FIS'TCLAR. ") Cylindrical and hol- 



FIS'TULOUS. 3 low, as the sterns 

 of grasses, &c. 



FLAHEL'LIFORME. fr. lat. flabellum, a 

 fan ; forma, form. Fan-shaped ; 

 plaited like the rays of a fan. 



FLAC'CID. Too limber to support 

 its own weight. 



FLAGEL'LIFORM. Like a whip-lash. 



FLAM'MEUS. Flame-coloured. 



FLEX. fr. lat. flectere, to bend. 



FLEXI'LE. Capable of being bent 

 in different directions. 



FLEXOR. A muscle whose office it 

 is to bend certain parts. 



FIEXU'OSE. In botany, having a bent 

 or undulating direction. 



FLEXTJ'OSE-RECURVED. Bent back- 

 wards in a flexuose manner. 



FLEX'UOUS. fr. lat. flecto, I bend. 

 Bending. Zigzag, with angles 

 gently winding. Serpentine. 



FLEXU'RE. A bending. 



FLOCCI. Lat. Little tufts like wool. 



FLOC'CULI. Lat. plur. of floculut, a 

 little lock of wool. 



FLOETZ ROCKS. fr. ger.flotz, a stra- 

 tum. A German designation of 

 the secondary strata, which were 

 supposed to occur most frequently 

 in flat, horizontal beds. 



FLO'RA. fr. lat. flora, goddess of 

 flowers. All the .plants of all 

 kinds of a country constitute the 

 flora of that country. 



FLORJB HOROLO'GICJB. Flowers 



which expand at particular hours 



