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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



PARADO'XUS. Lat. Strange, won- 

 derful, unusual. 



PARASI'TA. Lat. Parasite. An or- 

 der of " familiar " insects : the 

 louse tribe. 



PARASI'TJE. Lat. plur. of parasita. 



PARASITE. fr. gr. para, near ; sitos, 

 corn. One who is near the food. 

 A hanger-on. 



PARASI'TIC. Of the nature of a pa- 

 rasite. 



PAR'DUS. Lat. A panther. 



PAHE'NCHYMA. ") fr.gr. paregchuein, 



PARENCHY'MATA. 5 to strain through ; 

 the spongy and cellular tissue of 

 organized bodies. 



PARENCHY'MATOUS. Of the nature 

 of, or relating to pare'nchyma. 



PARI'ETAL. The eminences in the 

 middle part of the parietal bones, 

 which form the upper and lateral 

 parts of the head, are named pa- 

 rietal protuberances. In botany, 

 being attached to the sides of an 

 ovarium instead of its axis. 



PAHI'KTKS. fr. lat. pari'es, a wall. 

 The sides or parts forming an en- 

 closure ; the limits of different 

 organic cavities are so termed. 



PARI-PINNATE. Equally pinnate ; 

 abruptly pinnate. 



PARIS HASIN. See, Basin, p. 79, 

 Book viii. 



PARMACE'LLA.-fr. lat. parma, a round 

 buckler. A genus of naked gas- 

 teropods. 



PARO'TID. fr. gr. para, about; ous, 

 the ear. A large salivary gland 

 situated near the ear is so called. 



PARTEi).-In botany, deeply divided ; 

 more than cleft. 



PARTI'TE Deeply divided. Ap- 

 plied to a leaf the segments of 

 which are divided nearly to the 

 base. (p. 43, Book vii). 



PARUS. Generic name of the tits. 



PAS'SERES. ^ fr. lat. passer, a 



PAS'SERINES. V sparrow. Mi- 



PAS'SERINE BIRDS. } gratory birds. 

 A varied and extensive order of 

 birds, not easily characterized. 



PABSIFLO'RA Abbreviation of flos, 



flower, and passionis, of the pas- 

 sion. Passion-flower, so called 

 from a supposed resemblance be- 

 tween its floral organs, and the 

 instruments of the Passion of our 

 Saviour. An extensive and beau 

 tiful genus of plants. 



PATAGO'NICA. Lat. Belonging or 

 relating to Patagonia. 



PATEL'LA. Lat. The knee-pan. A 

 genus of gasteropods. (p. 61, 

 Book v). 



PATEL'LJE. Lat. plur. of patella. 



PATENT. Spread out; expanded. 



PATENTI-REFLF/XED. Spread out, 



and turned back. 



PA'TUXOUS. Wide-open ; gaping. 



PAUNCH. The first stomach of ru- 

 minants. 



PAVO. Lat. A peacock. 



PEARL. A spherical concretion of 

 carbonate of lime and albumen, 

 formed within the pearl oys- 

 ter. 



PEAT. Turf. The natural accumu- 

 lation of vegetable mutter on the 

 surface of lands not in a state of 

 cultivation; always moist to a 

 greater or less degree, varying, 

 according to the kind of plants, 

 to the decay of which the forma- 

 tion of peat is due. (p. 143, Book 

 viii). 



PECO'PTERIS. fr. gr. pekos, sheep- 

 skin ; pteris, a fern. A genus of 

 fossil ferns. 



PECTEN. Lat. A comb. The name 

 given to a folded membrane, situ- 

 ate in the back part of the eye in 

 birds, destined to regulate the fo- 

 cal distance between the crystal- 

 line lens and the sentient surface 

 of the retina. A genus of bivalve 

 mollusks. (p. 73, Book v). 



PECTEN'IFORM. fr. lat. pecten, a comb ; 

 forma, form, shape. Comb-shaped 

 like a comb. 



PECTINA'TA. Lat. Pectinate 5 hko 

 the teeth of a comb. 



PEC'TINATE. fr. lat. pecten, a comb. 

 Resembling the teeth of a comb. 



PECTI'NIB'RANCH fr. lat. pecten, 



