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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



UVci. Lat. plur. of uncus. Hooks. 



UNCINA'TA. fr. lat. uncus, a hook. 

 Hooked; having hooks. 



UN'CINATE. Hooked. 



UNCON FO'RMABLE A geological term 

 applied to strata, when their 

 planes are not parallel to those 

 of another set which are in con- 

 tact. See CONFORMABLE. 



UA'CTUOTJS. Fat, oily. In mine- 

 ralogy, having a surface which 

 to the touch seems greasy. 



UNDER-SHRUB. Suffrutex. The un- 

 der-shrub differs from the shrub in 

 perishing annually, either wholly 

 or in part ; and from the herb, in 

 having branches of a woody tex- 

 ture, which frequently exist more 

 than one year. It is between the 

 herb and shrub. 



UN'DULATE. fr. lat. undula, a little 

 wave. Serpentine ; having the 

 edges irregularly waved, (fig 40, 

 p. 39, Book vii). 



UN'DULATED. Waved; having a 

 waved surface; applied to the 

 colouring of shells. 



UNDULA'TION. A wave ; arranged 

 in a wave-like manner. A tre- 

 mulous motion or vibration ob- 

 servable in a fluid, whereby it 

 alternately rises and falls like 

 waves. 



UNDULA'TO-RUGOSE. In botany, ru- 

 gose, or rugged and waved. 



UNWULA'TXJS. Lat. Waved ; hav- 

 ing a waved surface. 



UN E Q.UALLT-PINNATE. Impari -pin- 

 nate. 



UNGUICULA'TA. fr. lat. unguis, a 

 (finger) nail. Animals that have 

 small nails on their fingers or toes. 

 Clawed animals. 



UNGUI'CULATE. fr. lat. unguis, a 

 claw. Having a claw. Having 

 small nails. 



Uiren'FORM. fr. lat. unguis, a hu- 

 man nail ; forma, shape. Of the 

 form of a nail. 



UN GUIS. Lat. A nail. In botany, 



the lower part of a petal which 

 tapers conspicuously towards the 

 base. 



UNGULA'TA. fr. lat. ungula, a hoof. 

 Hoofed animals. Animals hav- 

 ing large nails or hoofs. 



UN'GULATE. Having hoofs. 



U'NICORN. fr. lat. unus, one ; cornu, 

 a horn. Having one horn. The 

 name of a fabulous animal. 



UNILA'TERAL. One-sided. 



UNILO'CULAR. fr. lat. unus, one ; lo- 

 culus, partition. Having but one 

 chamber or compartment. 



UNI'O. Lat. A pearl. A genus of 

 mussels, (p. 81, Book v). 



UNIO'NES. Lat. plur. of unio. 



UNISE'XUAL. Of one sex. 



U'NIVALVE. Consisting of one piece 

 or valve. 



UNSTRA'TIFIED. Not stratified; not 

 disposed in beds or strata. 



UPHEAVAL. The elevation of land 

 by earthquakes, (p. 99, Book viii). 



UPTILTED. Tilted up; raised at 

 one end. 



U'PUPA. Lat. A hoopoo. 



UR'BICA. Lat. Belonging or relat- 

 ing to a city. 



URCE'OLATE. fr. lat. urceus, a pitch- 

 er ; pitcher-shaped. Swelling in 

 the middle like a pitcher. 



U'RENS. Lat. Burning. 



URE'TER. The tube or canal, which 

 passes from the kidney to the 

 bladder. 



URI'A. Generic name of the guille- 

 mots. 



URN. The peculiar thecaor capsule 

 of mosses, containing the spores. 

 It is placed at the apex of a stalk 

 or seta, bearing on its summit a 

 hood or calyptra, and is closed by 

 a lid or operculum. 



URODE'LA. Systematic name of a 

 family of batrachians. 



UROGA'LLTJS. -Specific name of the 

 great heath cock. 



URSI'NUS. Lat. Belonging or re- 

 lating to bears. 



URTI'CEJE. fr. lat. urtica, a nettle 

 Name of a family of plants. 



