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calcareous stalactites which have 

 terminations like the head of a 

 fungus. 



FUN'GOUS. Resembling the sub- 

 stance of fungi or mushrooms: 

 growing rapidly and preternatu- 

 rally. 



FUN'GUS. Lat. A mushroom. 



^UNC'TION. fr. lat. fungor, I act. 

 The action of an organ or set of 

 organs. We see, for example, by 

 the function of the eye, and the 

 function or action of the ear ena- 

 bles us to hear. 



FU'NICLE. The little stalk by which 

 a seed is attached to the placenta. 



FUNI'CULA. fr. lat. funis, a cord. 

 A little cord. 



FUNNEL-SHAPED. Tubular at bot- 

 tom, and gradually expanding at 

 top. 



Fun. Soft hair of beasts. Skin 

 with soft hair, with which gar- 

 ments are lined for warmth, or co- 

 vered for ornament. (Sec DOWN). 



FUR'CATE. Forked. 



FURFUHA'CEOUS. Scaly, mealy, 



scurfy : resembling bran. 



FCRO. fr. lat. furvus, dark, black, 

 dusky. A name of a species of 

 marten, on account of its habit of 

 seeking game in dark holes or 

 burrows. 



FUS'CATED. Darkened ; obscured. 



Fus'cous. Blackish-brown. 



Fus'cus. Lat. Brown. 



FUSIBI'LITY. The property by 

 which solid bodies are capable of 

 assuming the fluid state on the 

 application of heat. 



FTJ'SIFORM. fr. lat./wsws, a spindle ; 

 forma, shape. Spindle-shaped: 

 intermediate between conical and 

 oval. 



FUSION. The act of melting ; state 

 of fusion, is being melted. 



Fu'sus. Lat. A spindle. 



GADO'IDES. fr. gr. gadus, a certain 

 fish ; eidos, resemblance. Syste- 

 matic name of a family of fishes. 



GA'DUS. Lat A codfish. 



GAL'BULA. Lat. Name of a bird. 



GA'LBULUS. Lat. A form of fruit, 

 resembling the strobile. 



GALK'A. Lat. A helmet. In Or- 

 thoptera, the extremity of the lobe 

 of the palpus, is so called. In 

 botany, the upper arched lip of 

 the corolla of several labiate flow- 

 ers. 



GALF/NA. fr. gr. galen, lead ore. A 

 mineral composed of sulphur and 

 lead : a natural sulphuret of lead. 



GALEOPI'THECUS. fr. gr.gale, a wea- 

 sel ; pithekos, a monkey. The 

 name of a tribe of mammals. 



GALLS. Protuberances found on 

 certain plants, occasioned by the 

 puncture of an insect. 



GAL'LICUS. Lat. Gallic. French. 



GALLIXA'CEJSJ, fr. lat. gallina, a hen. 

 The systematic name of an order 

 of birds. 



GALLINA'CEOUS. Belonging or relat- 

 ing to, or partaking of the nature 

 of the gallinacese. 



GALLINA'ZA. Sp. A turkey-buzzard. 



GALL INSECTS. Coccidce. 



GALLI'NULA. Systematic name of 

 the water-hens. 



GALT. A series of beds of chalk- 

 marl, found between the upper 

 and lower greensand in England. 



GAL'LUS. Lat. A cock. 



GAL' VANISH. From Galvani, a dis- 

 tinguished Italian philosopher. 

 That branch of electrical science 

 in which electricity is made ma- 

 nifest by the mediate contact of 

 different metals. Also, the phe- 

 nomena exhibited by living ani- 

 mal matter, when placed between 

 the poles or extremities of an ap- 

 paratus, for showing electricity by 

 the mediate contact of different 

 metals. 



GAMOPE'TALOUS. fr.gr. gamos, union ; 

 petalon, petal. A corolla com- 

 posed of a single piece is so called. 



GAMOSE'PALOUS. fr. gr. gamos, mar- 

 riage; sepal. Having the sepals 

 united together, forming a single 

 piece or sepal. 



