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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



TXREBRA'TULA Lat. A genus of 

 acephalous mollusks. (p. 89, Book 

 v). 



TEREBRA'TITI.*. Lat. plur. of tere- 

 bratula. 



TERE'DIWES. Lat. plur. of teredo. 



TERE'DO. Lat. A ship-worm. 



TEHE'TE. fr. lat. teret, round. Ta- 

 per, round and long. 



TERGE'MIKATE. In botany, a form 

 of leaf in which each of two se- 

 condary petioles bears towards 

 its summit one pair of leaflets, 

 and the common petiole bears a 

 third pair, at the origin of the two 

 secondary petioles. 



TERIBEI/LA. A genus of anneli- 

 dans. 



TERRICO'LA. fr. lat. terra, earth; 

 cote, I inhabit. A division of an- 

 nelidans. 



TER'MIITAI,. -Belonging to the end. 

 In botany, applied to flowers at 

 the extremity of the stem. 



TERMI WO'IOGT. fr. gr. terma, a term ; 

 logos, a description. Nomenclature. 

 An explanation or definition of the 

 technical terms of any science. 



TJSR'MITES. fr. lat termes, a branch 

 of a tree. A tribe of neuropter- 

 ous insects. White-Jlnts. 



TER'WARY. Relating to three. 



TER'NATE. fr. lat. ternus, three and 

 three. Growing together in threes. 

 A form of leaf in which three 

 leaflets arise from one petiole. 

 (fig. 59, p. 44, Book vii). 



TERRA'RIUS. Lat. A terrier dog. 



TERRE'STRIA. Lat. Terrestrial. 



TERRX - JTOVJB. Lat of Newfound- 

 land. 



TER'TIART FORMA'TION, or STRATA. 

 A series of sedimentary rocks 

 which lie above the primary and 

 secondary strata, and distinguish- 

 ed from them by their organic re- 

 mains. Tertiary System is a com- 

 prehensive term for ail the regu- 

 lar deposits newer than the chalk. 

 (p. 77, Book viii). 



TE'SBELATED. Chequered like a 

 chess-board. 



TESSELA'TUS. Lat. Tesselated. 



TESTA. Lat. A shell. In botany, 

 the integument of a seed. Sper 

 moderm. 



TESTA'CEA. fr. lat. testa, a shell. 

 An order of acephala covered 

 with a testaceous shell. ; 



TESTA'CEA. fr. lat. testa, a shell. 

 Testa 'ceans ; animals provided 

 with an external shelly cover, 

 composed chiefly of carbonate of 

 lime. 



TESTACE'IXA. A genus of snails, 

 (p. 39, Book v). 



TESTA'CEOUS. fr. lat. testa, a shell. 

 Consisting of carbonate of lime 

 and animal matter. In botany, 

 having a pale brown colour. 



TESTU'DO. Lat. Tortoise. A ge- 

 nus of reptiles of the order of 

 chelonians. 



TESTumirA'RiA. A tribe of chelo- 

 nian reptiles. ' 



TE'TRAX. Gr. Systematic name of 

 the bustard. 



TE'TR A BRANCH. Having four bran- 

 chiae. 



TETRABHAWCHIA'TA. fr. gr. tetteres, 

 four; bragchia, gills. Name of 

 an order of gasteropods. 



TETRACHO'TOMOUS. fr. gr. tetteres, 

 four ; temno, to cut. Applied to 

 a stem that ramifies in fours. 



TETRADTBTA'MIA. Name of a Lin- 

 naean class of plants. 



TETRADT'ITAMOUS. fr. gr. tetteres, 

 four; dunamis, power. Applied 

 to plants having four long, and 

 two short stamens. 



TE'TRAGO'JTA. fr. gr. tetra, four ; go- 

 nos, angle. Having four angles ; 

 applied as a specific name. 



TE'TRAGOXAI,. Four cornered. 



TETRAGT'NIA. fr. gr. tetteres, four ; 

 gune, pistil. Name of an order 

 of plants. 



TETRA'NDRIA. fr. gr. tttteres, four ; 

 aner, stamen. Name of a ilass 

 of plants. 



TETRA'WDROUS. Relating to tetran- 

 dria. Having four stamens. 



TETRAME'RAJTS fr. gr. tetteres, fourj 



