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A GLOSSARY OP TERMS 



of the corolla, analogous to a 

 leaf 



PETALO'CEROTJS. fr. gr. petalon, a 

 petal ; keras, a born. Having an- 

 tennae which terminate in a folia- 

 ceous mass. 



PK'TALOID. Like a petal. 



PE'TIOLATE. Having a petiole ; not 

 sessile. 



PE'TIOLE. That portion of a leaf 

 which connects the limb or lamina 

 of a leaf with the stem; the foot- 

 stalk. 



PKTIO'LULES. The leaf-stalks or 

 stalklets of leaflets. 



PKTRACO'LA. fr. lat. petra, a stone ; 

 colo, I inhabit. Name of a family 

 of ostracea. (p. 85, Book v). 



PETREL. The dimin. of Peter. The 

 name of a web-footed bird, that 

 seems to walk on the water. 



PETRIFA'CTIONS. Stony matters in- 

 crusted upon organized substan- 

 ces, or deposited within their in- 

 terstices. 



PETRO'LEUM. fr. lat. petra, a rock ; 

 oleum, oil. Rock-oil, often called 

 Barbadoes tar. A brown, liquid 

 bitumen, found in the West Indies, 

 Europe, &c. 



PETROMYZON. fr. gr. petra, rock ; 

 muzo, I suck. Rock-sucker. Sys- 

 tematic name of the lampreys. 



PK'TROUS. fr. gr. petra, a rock, a 

 stone. A part of the temporal 

 bone, which contains the internal 

 organs of hearing, is so called 

 from resembling a stone in hard- 

 ness. 



PHACOCHJE'RE. Fr. ) fr. gr. phake, a 



PHACOCH-B'RUS. Lat. wart; choiros, 

 a hog. A gen-js of mammals 

 of the order of pachydermata, 

 allied to the hogs. 



PHJEITO'GAMOTJS. Phanero'gamous. 



PHJBTON. fr. gr. phaethon, bril- 

 liant. Generic name of the tropic 

 bird. 



PHALACROCO'RAX. fr. gr. pKalakros, 

 bald ; korax, a raven. The sys- 

 tematic name of the cormorants, 

 which latter name is a corruption 



of the French words, corbeau ma- 

 n'n, sea-crow. 



PHALENJE fr. gr.phalaina, a moth, 

 (of the kind that flutter about 

 lamps.) Systematic name of a 

 family of insects. 



PHALA'NGER. The name of an ani- 

 mal which is remarkable for the 

 singular conformation of its pha- 

 langes. 



PHALA'NGES. Lat. plur. of pha- 

 lanx. 



PHALANGIS'TA. Lat. Phalangers. 



PHALAN'GIUM. Lat. A genus of 

 arachnidans, including those in 

 which all the legs are very long 

 and slender. 



PHA'LANX. fr. gr. phalagx, a file of 

 soldiers. The bones composing 

 the fingers and toes. They are 

 named first, second, and third 

 phalanges. 



PHALARO'PUS. fr. gr. phalaris, a coot ; 

 pous, foot. Having lobed feet like 

 the coots. Systematic name of 

 the phalaropes. 



PHANEROGA'MIA fr. gr. phaneros, 

 evident; gamos, marriage. The 

 division of the vegetable kingdom 

 in which all the plants bear flow- 

 ers, and are multiplied by means 

 of true seeds. 



PHANERO'GAMOUS. Belonging or re- 

 lating to phaneroga'rnia. 



PHARAO'NIS. Lat. Relating or be- 

 longing to Pharaoh. 



PHARYN'GEAL. Belonging or relat- 

 ing to the pharynx. 



PHARYN'GEAU. Applied to certain 

 fishes. 



PHAR'TNX. fr. gr. pharugx, the pha- 

 rynx. The swallow. The supe- 

 rior opening of the oesophagus. 



PHASCO'LOMYS. fr. gr. phasolos, a 

 pouch. The name of a genus of 

 marsupials. 



PHASIANE'LLA. fr. gr. phasianos, a 

 pheasant. A genus of gastero- 

 pods. (p. 50, Book v). 



PHASIA'NUS. fr. gr. phasianos, a 

 pheasant, so called from the river 

 Phasis, in Colchis, near the Black 



