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comb ; branchia, gills. Relating 

 to the pectinibranehiata. 



PECTISUBRANCHIA'TA. Name of an 

 order of gasteropods. 



PEC'TOHAL. fr. lat pecius, pertoris, 

 the chest, the brenst. Belonging 

 or relating to the chest. 



PBCTU'NCI;I.US Lat. A genus of 

 the family of ostracea. (p. 78, 

 Book v). 



PEC'TUS. Lat. The breast. The 

 inferior surface of the thorax of 

 an insect. 



PEDA'LINEUVE. ) fr. lat. pes, pedis, a 



PE'IJATE. foot. Applied to 



a form of a compound leaf, the 

 divisions of which give it a re- 

 semblance to a foot with out- 

 spread toes. (Jig. 72, p. 49, Book 

 vii). 



PEDA'TUID. Cut into lobes, the la- 

 teral ones of which do not ra- 

 diate from the petiole like the 

 rest. 



PE'DICEL. One of the ramifications 

 of that part of the flower called 

 peduncle. 



PEDI'CELLATE. Having pedicles ; 

 slightly stalked. 



PED'ICIE. A little foot: a support. 



PEDI'CULUS. Lat. A louse. 



PE'DIFORM. Foot-shaped. 



PEDIMA'N A fr. lat. pe$, pedis, a foot ; 

 manus, a hand. A family of mam- 

 mals that have a thumb on the 

 hind feet, which fits them to per- 

 form the office of hands. 



PEDIPA'LPI. fr. lat. pes, foot; palpo, 

 I feel. Pe'dipalps. A tribe of 

 arach'nidans. 



PE'DUXCLE. A foot-stalk, or tube on 

 which anything is seated. That 

 part of the inflorescence which 

 proceeds immediately from the 

 stem. 



PEDU'NCULATE. Growing on pe- 

 duncles or foot-stalks. 



PEGA'SUS. fr. gr. pege, a fountain. 

 The celebrated winged horse of 

 the poets, which, by a single kick, 

 caused the fountain of Hippo- 

 crene to gush forth on Mount He- 



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licon. The genius of poetic in- 

 spiration. 



PELA'GIC. Belonging to the deep 

 sea. 



PELA'GICA. Lat. Belonging or re 

 lating to the sea. 



PELA'AITS. A genus of fishes; the 

 bonita. Also, a genus of reptiles. 



PELA'SGIC. After a mythological 

 name of Jupiter. Relating to the 

 Pelasgii, the most ancient people 

 of Greece. 



PELICANUS. Lat. A pelican. 



PEL'LKT A little ball. 



PE'LLICLE fr. lat. pellis, a skin. A 

 thin skin, or crust. 



PELT*'TE. > fr. la.t.pelta,a shield. 



PE'LTINERVE. Applied to a form 

 of leaf, in which the petiole is in- 

 serted in the centre of the under 

 surface, (fig. 45, p. 40, Book vii). 



PEL'THT. fr. lat. pellis, skin or hide. 

 The name given to dried skins of 

 animals from which furs are pre- 

 pared. 



PELVIS. Lat. A basin. The name 

 of the bony structure at the lower 

 part of the trunk, in mammals, 

 which forms the inferior boundary 

 of the abdomen, gives support or 

 place of foundation to the spinal 

 column, and affords points of ar- 

 ticulation for the thigh-bones, con- 

 stituting the hip-joint. 



PEM'MECAN. The name given by 

 certain North American Indians 

 to the 9 muscular fibre of beasts, 

 after it has been dried and pow- 

 dered without the addition of any 

 salt. This article has the quality 

 of remaining good, and fresh for 

 a long time, and is used by voy- 

 agers and travellers as a conve- 

 nient article of diet, forming, 

 when boiled in water, a fresh, 

 nutritious soup. The best pein- 

 mecan is made of the flesh, of 

 the buffalo. The flesh of the 

 musk ox is also prepared in this 

 way. 



PENDENT, or PEWDAWT fr. lat pen* 

 do, I hang. Hanging. 



