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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



GANGEA'TICUS. ) Lat. Gangeatic ; 



GANGE'TICA. belonging or re- 

 lating to the river Ganges. 



GAN'GLIA. Lat. plur. of ganglion. 



GAN'GLIOIT. fr.gr. gagglion, a knot. 

 A knot or enlargement along the 

 course of a nerve. 



GA'STGLIOWEU'RA. fr. gr. gagglion, a 

 nerve-knot ; neuron, a nerve. Ru- 

 dolphi's name for the articulate 

 and molluscous divisions of the 

 animal kingdom. 



GANGLIO'NIC. Consisting of, or re- 

 lating to ganglia. 



GA'JVGUE. A term applied to the 

 stones found in the cavities which 

 form the veins of metals, consti- 

 tuting the matrix of the ore. 



GANOIDEANS. Ganoid fishes, fr. gr. 

 ganos, splendour ; eidos, resem- 

 blance. A group of fossil fishes 

 found in the old red sandstone. 

 (p. 48, Book viii). 



GAPING A term applied to a bi- 

 valve shell, when any parts of 

 the margins do not meet each 

 other. 



GA'RXET. A mineral consisting of 

 silicates of alu'miria, lime, iron, 

 and manganese. There are seve- 

 ral varieties of this mineral. Gar- 

 net occurs imbedded in mica 

 slate, granite, and gneiss, and oc- 

 casionally in limestone, chlorite 

 slate, serpentine, and lava. 



GAR'RULUS. Lat. Chattering. 



GAS. fr. ger. geist, spirit. The name 

 given to all permanently elastic 

 fluids or airs, different from the 

 atmospheric air. 



GA'SEOUS. Of the nature of gas. 



GA'STEROPO'DA. Lat. Gasteropods. 



GA'STEROPODS. fr. gr. gas/cr, belly; 

 pous, foot. Systematic name of a 

 class of mollusks, comprehending 

 those which have a ventral mus- 

 cular disc, adapted for creeping. 



GASTERO'PODOUS. Belonging or re- 

 lating to gasteropods. 



GA'STRIC. fr. gr. gaster, the stomach. 

 Belonging or relating to the sto- 

 mach. 



GASTROBRA'NCHUS. fr. gr. gaster, 

 belly, bragchia, gills. Systematic 

 name of a genus of cartilaginous 

 fishes; because the openings of 

 their gills are situate under the belly. 



GAS'TROCH^'NA. fr.gr. gaster, belly; 

 chaino, I gape. A genus of bi- 

 valve mollusks, in which a large 

 hiatus or gape intervenes between 

 the closed valves, on the ventral 

 aspect of the animal, (p. 88, 

 Book v). 



GAS'TROCHJE'ITS:. Lat. plur. of gas- 

 trochaena. 



GAULT. A kind of clay. (p. 71, 

 Book viii). 



GAZEL'LE, or GAZEL. fr. Arab. al~ 

 ghazal, gazelle. A species of an- 

 telope. 



GECAR'CINUS fr. gr. ge, the earth ; 

 karkinos, a crab. A genus of crus- 

 ta'ceans. Land-crab. 



GECKO. Name given to a species 

 of saurian of India, in imitation 

 of its cry. 



GECKO'TIBA. From gecko, and the 

 Gr. eidos, resemblance. Systema- 

 tic name of a family of saurians. 



GECKO'TIAN. Applied to animals of 

 the family of geckotida. 



GE'JNE. fr. gr. geinos, earthy. Hu- 

 mus or vegetable mould. 



GEI/ATINE. An animal or vegetable 

 substance, constituting the princi- 

 ple of jelly, and distinguished 

 from albumen by not becoming 

 consistent by heat. 



GELA'TINOUS. Of the nature of 

 jelly or gelatine: jelly-like. 



GE'MIXATE. Growing in pairs. 



GE'MINI. Lat. Twins. 



GEMMA. Lat. A leaf-bud. 



GKMMA'CEOUS. Belonging to a bud : 

 made of the scales of a bud. 



GE'MMINAL. fr. lat. gemma, a bud. 

 * Relating to buds. 



GEMMI'PAROUS. fr. lat. gemma, a 

 bud ; pario, to bring forth. Pro- 

 pagation by buds. 



GE'MMULE. A little bud. 



GE'NERA. Lat. plur. of genus. 



GEWE'RJC. Relating to geouf. 



