HOMOLOGY 



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HORARY 



Homology, (ho-mol'o-ji). [Gk. homologia, 

 agreement.] = Correspondence : agreement 

 in origin sometimes accompanied with dif- 

 ference of development. Ex. : the arms of a 

 man, the wing of a bird, and the fore-leg of 

 a quadruped are homologous, cf. Analogues. 



Homomorpha, ( ho-mo-morf a ), [Gk. homos, 

 same; morphe, shape.] Hemiptera, Homop- 

 tera, Orthoptera, &c.: insects in which the 

 larva resembles the imago, but has no wings: 

 are active throughout life. 



Homomorphism, ( ho - mo - morf'izm ). [Gk. 

 homos, same; morphe, form.] Resemblance 

 in external characters in animals, or plants, 

 belonging to different families: usually found 

 in places far apart, v. Mimicry. 



Homonemeae, (ho-mo-nem'e-e). Fries's term 

 for Algae and Fungi. 



Homoptera, (h5-mop'ter-a). [Ok. homos, same; 

 pteron, wing.]=Plant suckers : a primary 

 division of insects; insects having both pairs 

 of wings alike, cf. Heteroptera. Fossil re- 

 mains of H. are found in Purbeck and Lias 

 rocks. 



Homorgana, ( ho-mor'ga-na ). [Gk. homos, 

 same; oryo,non, organs. ]=Schultz's term for 

 cellular plants. 



Homotaxis, (ho-mo-taks'is). [Gk. homos, same: 

 taxis, arrangement.] Suggested by Huxley 

 as a geologic term equivalent to Homology 

 in Biology. Similarity of arrangement with- 

 oiit contemporaneousness. 



Homotypes, (ho'mo-tips). [Gk. homos, same; 

 Type.] Repetition of the same part, as in 

 Vertebrae. 



Hones, (honz)= Oilstones; used for sharpening 

 cutting tools. 



Honesty, (on'es-ti). A plant belonging to 

 Brassicacese. 



Hone-wort = Sison amomum; also = Trinia: 

 plants belonging to Apiaceae. 



Honey, (hun'i). [Hunig, the A.-S. word.] A 

 semi-fluid sweet substance elaborated by 

 bees from the fluids found in the nectaries 

 of flowers H. &earers=Mellifera=Bees. H. 

 buzzard=~Falco apivorus. H. comb; 1. The 

 cells of wax formed 

 by hive bees; 2. Of 

 sheep's stomach: a 

 email pouch ; called 

 also reticulum. H. 

 comb moth=Galle- 

 riacerella. H. eat' 

 m=Melliphagid8e: 

 Australian birds, 

 such as wattle bird, 

 pell bird, &c., which 

 feed on honey and insects; also used for 

 other honey-eating birds. H. guide=Indi- 

 cator : a bird belonging to Cuculidae. H. 

 mot/i=Achroia grisella. H. Zoc'ws=Gledits- 

 chia triacantha. H. ratel= Viverra mellivora. 

 H. so7ie=Mellite. //. swcm=Nectarinidae: 

 a division of Tenuirostres, q.v. H.-suckle=: 

 Woodbine =Lonicera periclymenum=:Capri- 

 folium perfoliatum. FlyH.-suckle^lionicGra. 

 xylosteum. French H.-suckle Hedysarum 

 coronarium. H. sugar, v. Sugar. H. tea: 

 infusions of several plants found at the Cape 



Honey-comb. 



of Good Hope are so called. H. ware=* 

 Alaria esculenta: a sea weed. 



Hood-cap=Hooded seal=Phoca cristata. 



Hooded. H. c/merer=Amphelis cucullata. 

 H. c?'otc=Corvus cornix. H. seal = Phocd 

 cristata. H. snake = Cobra di capella: A 

 venomous snake. 



Hoof, (h5f). [H6f, the A.-S. word.] A modi- 

 fied nail, enclosing the whole of the last joint 

 of the digit, as in hoofed beasts. H. fungus 

 =0nygenei, belongs to Ascomycetes. 



Hoofed beasts=Ungulata, q.v. Horses, oxen, 

 &c. 



Hooke's joint. [Dr. Hooke, the inventor.] 

 A method of connection in machinery, al- 

 lowing of motion in almost any direction; 

 especially intended for shafts whose axes 

 intersect each other. H. gearing: screw- 

 gearing, by means of two wheels having the 

 crests of the teeth oblique to the axis. 



Hooker's classification of plants, v. Ben- 

 tham and Hooker's classification. 



Hooper swan=Cygnus ferus. 



Hoop-shaver =Anthidium manicatorni: a bird 

 which burrows in trees. H. 6ee=Eucera: a 

 burrowing bee. 



Hoopoes, (ho'poz). [Imitation of its 

 Upupidte: birds 

 with barred plum- 

 age, and the sexes 

 alike: build nest in 

 hollow tree. 



Hop, (hop). [Hop- 

 pan, the A.-S. 

 name.]=Humulus: 

 a twining plant, 

 belonging to Can- 

 nabinaceae, the seed 

 vessels of which are 

 used in beer brew- 

 ing. H. blight = Hoopoe. 

 Perisporiacei: belongs to Ascomycetes. H. 

 trefoil=Trefolmm procumbens. 



Hopeite, (ho'pit). [Professor Hope.] A trans- 

 lucent mineral, chiefly phosphoric acid and 

 zincic oxide. 



Hoplichnus, (hop-lik'nus). [Gk. hople, hoof; 

 ichnos, track.] A frog-like animal, known 

 only by its fossil track, v. Lithichnozotu 

 H. egM3=Chelichnus gigas. 



Hoppers. l.=Turnip fleas: beetles. 2. Cer- 

 copidse: a family of Hemiptera. Grass 11.=. 

 Gryllidse. 



Hops = The seed vessels of 

 Humulus lupulus. v. Hop. 

 Bitter principle of H. = 

 Lupulite. 



Horaninow's classification of 

 organic beings, made 1834: 

 Man. 

 Animals. 

 Phytozoa. 

 Vegetables. 



H's. classification of plants: 

 Sperm ophorse = Dicotyledons. 

 Coccophorso Monocotyledons. Hop. 

 Pseudospermae^Gymiiosperm+Rhizanths. 

 Sporophorse=Acotyledons. 



Horary, (h5'ra-ri). [L. hora, hour. ] =Hourly. 



