GLOSSARY. 295 



Gelatinous : like jelly or gelatine. 



Globule : a small round particle. 



Granular : formed of or resembling small grains. 



Granules: small grains. 



Hemisplierical : half a sphere. 

 Hexagon : a figure with six sides and angles. 

 Hispid: rough, with short, stiff hairs. 

 Homogeneous : of the same kind throughout. 

 Hyaline : glass-like, transparent. 



Illoricate : without a lorica. 



Imbricated : overlapping like shingles on a roof. 



Invested : clothed, covered. 



Labrum : a part of the mouth of Crustacea and insects. 



Lanceolate : lance-shaped. 



Larva (plural larvae) : an insect in its first stage after leaving the egg. 



Laterally : by the sides. 



Lophopliore : the disk supporting the tentacles in the Polyzoa. 



Lorica, (plural loricoe) : the sheath or dwelling of certain microscopic 



animals. 

 Loricate : with a lorica. 



Mastax : the internal jaws of the Rotifers. 

 Median: middle. 



Membranous : formed of a thin skin. 

 Moniliform : like a string of beads. 

 Monograph : a treatise on a single subject. 



Nodule : a small, rounded elevation. 



Oblong : longer than broad. 



Obtuse: blunt. 



(Esophagus: the tubular passage extending from the pharynx or 



throat to the stomach. 

 Opaque : not transparent. 

 Ovoid : egg-shaped or oval. 



