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A GLOSSARY 



TERMS 



undulated, and unequally dilated 

 margin, (fig. 34, p. 38, Book vii). 



RE'PENT. Creeping. 



RE'PLICATE. ) Folded so as to form 



RE'PLICATED. $ a groove or chan- 

 nel. Folded back. 



REPLUM. Lat. A leaf of a door. 

 In botany, the framework formed 

 by the separation of the two su- 

 tures of a legume from its valves. 



RE'PTILE. fr. lat. repere, to crawl. 

 A term applied to any animal 

 that moves naturally upon its 

 belly, or on very short legs, as 

 serpents. 



REPTI'LIA.- The class of reptiles : 

 it comprises those vertebrate ani- 

 mals which have cold blood, an 

 aerial respiration, and an incom- 

 plete circulation. 



RESIDA'CE.E. From Resida, one of 

 the genera. Name of a family of 

 plants. 



RE'SIN. A vegetable substance, dis- 

 tinguishable by its solubility in 

 alcohol, and insolubility in water. 



RE'SINOTTS. Of the nature of resin. 



RESPIRA'TION. fr. lat. respiro, I take 

 breath. The act of breathing. A 

 function proper to both animals 

 and plants. 



RESPI'RATORY. Belonging to the 

 function of respiration. 



RESU'PINATE. Inverted in position 

 so that what was in front becomes 

 at back. Upside down. 



RETI'CULAR. ) fr. lat. rete, a net, 



RETI'CULATE. ( net-like. In botany, 

 the reliculur vessels are cylindrical 

 tubes, the surface of which being 

 covered by oblong, transverse 

 spots, gives them the appearance 

 of a net. 



RETICULATED. In the form of the 

 meshes of a netj made of net- 

 work. 



RETI'CULUM. The second stomach 

 of ruminants. The honeycomb. 



RET'INA. fr. lat. rete, a net. The 

 essential organ of vision, situated 

 within the eye-ball : on it the im- 

 ages of objects are impressed. 



RETRA'CTILE. Susceptible of being 

 drawn back. 



RETROFLE'CTED. Bent backwards. 



RETROU'SSE. Cocked up ; turned 

 up. 



RETROVE'RTED. Turned back. 



RETUN'DATED. Blunted, or turned 

 at the edge. 



RETU'SE. Ending in an obtuse si- 

 nus. 



RETU'SUS. Lat. Retuse; blunted. 



REVERSE SHELLS.-Shells which have 

 the aperture, when placed in front 

 of the spectator, opening on the 

 left side. Reverse fpire is when 

 its volutions turn the reverse way 

 of a common cork-screw. 



REVOLU'TA. Lat. Turned back ; 

 tumbled, 



RE'VOLTJTE. Rolled backwards. 



RHEA. Synonyme of struthio, an 

 ostrich. 



RHIXO'CEROS. fr. gr. rin, rinos, a 

 nose ; keras, a horn. A genus of 

 pachyderms. 



RHINOLO'PHUS. fr. gr. rin, rinos, a 

 nose; lophos, a tuft or crest. The 

 name of a kind of bat. 



RHIPIP'TERA. fr. gr. ripis, a fan ; 

 pteron, wing. An order of insects. 



RHIZOCA'RPOUS. fr. gr. riza, a root ; 

 karpos, fruit. Applied to those 

 polycarpous fruits, whose roots 

 endure many years, but whose 

 stems perish annually. 



RHI'ZOME. fr. gr. riza, a root. A 

 subterranean stem. 



Riio'MBoiD.-Rhomb-shaped ; acorn- 

 pressed parallelogram. 



RHOMBOID AL. Lozenge-shaped. 



RHTNCHOPS. fr. gr. rugchops, a beak. 

 A genus of birds : the skimmers, 

 or scissor-bills. 



RIB. In botany, the projecting vein 

 of anything. 



RIBBED. Marked with parallel 

 ridges or veins. 



RI'CINUS. Lat. A tick. 



RIDDANCE. A word employed to de- 

 signate the refuse matter thrown 

 out by animals in digging their 

 burrows. The matter thrown out, 



