DICTIONARY OF TERMS, AND INDEX. 



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Acalephee Sea Nettles I53 



Acephalous Mollusca, such as have no apparent head, as the 



Oyster (Fig. 103) I4g 



Acorn Shells Tendril-footed Articulata I43 



Adaptation of all the organs to the mode of life of animals 23 



Air-bladder in Fishes I20 



Albatross a large aquatic Bird I0 8 



Alligators and Crocodiles ... u 2 



Alpaca a variety of the Llama 53 



Amoeba one of the Protozoa (Fig. 112) 160 



Amphibia Vertebrated Animals, which possess the lungs of land 

 animals and the gills of fishes, either at the same time or at different 

 periods, and who are thus adapted for life on land or in water ... 114 



Amphibious Carnivora. (See Seals.) 71,81 



Amphibious Reptiles 114 



Anabas or Climbing Perch n8 



Anaconda the largest serpent of the Boa fany'ly 113 



Anchovy a member of the Herring Family 122 



Annelida Articulated Animals formed entirely of rings, as the 



Earthworm ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 127 



Antennae the horns or feelers in the heads of Insects and Crustacea 128 

 Anthozoa Animal flowers. (See Polypifera and Zoophytes.) ... 154 

 Ant Bater a true Edentata its structure and mode of life (Fig. 23) 64 



Apes compared with Man 89 



Apes how distinguished from Monkeys and Baboons 91 



Apteryx a walking bird 104 



Aptera Wingless Insects, as the Flea 135 



Arachnida the Spider Family how they differ from Insects (Fig. 98) 135 



Arboreal belonging to, or connected with, Trees 61 



Argala, or Pouched Adjutant, a species of Stork 106 



Armadillo, its structure and habits (Fig. 22) 63 



Articulated (or Jointed) Animals, general characteristics of 17, 127 



Articulata Example of the Crab (Fig. 2) ... 19 



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