792 GLOSSARY. 



CARINAT.E (Lat. carina, a keel). Applied by Huxley to all those birds in 

 which the sternum is furnished with a median ridge or keel. 



CARNIVORA (Lat. caro, flesh ; voro, I devour). An order of the Mammalia. 



CARNIVOROUS (Lat. caro, flesh ; voro, I devour). Feeding upon flesh. 



CARNOSE (Lat. caro). Fleshy. 



CARPOPHAGA (Gr. karoos, fruit ; phago, I eat). A section of the Marsu- 

 pialia. 



CARPUS (Gr. karpos, the wrist). The small bones which intervene between the 

 fore-arm and the metacarpus. 



CATARHINA (Gr. kata, downwards ; rhines, nostrils). A group of the Quadru- 

 mana. 



CAUDAL (Lat. cauda, the tail). Belonging to the tail. 



CAVICORNIA (Lat. cavus, hollow; cornu, a horn). The "hollow-horned" 

 Euminants, in which the horn consists of a central bony " horn-core " sur- 

 rounded by a horny sheath. 



CENTRUM (Gr. kentron, the point round which a circle is described by a pair of 

 compasses). The central portion or "body" of a vertebra. 



CEPHALIC (Gr. kephale, head). Belonging to the head. 



CEPHALO-BRANCHIATE (Gr. kephale ; and bragchia, gill). Carrying gills upon 

 the head. Applied to a section of the Annelida, which, like the Serpulce, 

 have tufts of external gills placed upon the head. 



CEPHALOPHORA (Gr. kephale; an&phero, I carry). Used synonymously with 

 Encephala, to designate those Mollusca which possess a distinct head. 



CEPHALOPODA (Gr. kephale ; and podes, feet). A class of the Mollusca, com- 

 prising the Cuttle-fishes and their allies, in which there is a series of arms 

 ranged round the head. 



CEPHALOTHORAX (Gr. kepliale; and thorax, chest). The anterior division of 

 the body in many Crustacea and Arachnida, which is composed of the 

 coalesced head and chest. 



CERCARIIFORM (Lat. cercaria, a tailed animalcule ; and forma, shape). Cer- 

 caria (Gr. kerkos, tail) is the name of a tadpole-shaped animalcule ; and the 

 epithet " cercariiform " is applied to all organisms of a similar shape (e.g., 

 the larval Tunicates). 



CERE. The naked space found at the base of the bill of some birds. 



CERVICAL (Lat. cervix, neck). Connected with the region of the neck. 



CESTOIDEA (Gr. kestos, a girdle). An old name for the Tceniada, a class of 

 intestinal worms with flat bodies like tape (hence the name Tapeworms). 



CESTRAPHORI (Gr. kestra, a weapon ; phero, I carry). The group of Elasmo- 

 branchii represented at the present day by the Port Jackson Shark. 



CETACEA (Gr. ketos, a whale). The order of Mammals comprising the Whales 

 and Dolphins. 



CH^TOGNATHA (Gr. chaite, bristle ; gnathos, jaw). An order of the Anarthro- 

 poda, comprising only the oceanic genus Sagitta. 



CHJETOPHORA (Gr. chaite ; phero, I carry). Applied as a common name to the 

 Tubiculous and Errant Annelides, both of which have bristle-bearing foot- 

 tubercles, together with the Earth-worms and their allies (Oligochceta), which 

 have locomotive bristles. 



CHEIROPTERA (Gr. cfieir, hand ; pteron, a wing). The order of Mammals com- 

 prising the Bats. 



CHEL.E (Gr. chele, a claw). The prehensile claws with which some of the limbs 

 axe terminated in certain Crustacea, such as the Crab, Lobster, &c. 



CHELATE. Possessing chelae ; applied to a limb. 



CHELICERJB (Gr. chele, a claw ; and keras, a horn). The prehensile claws of 

 the Scorpion, supposed to be homologous with antenna. 



CHELONIA (Gr. chelone, a tortoise). The order of Keptiles comprising the Tor- 

 toises and Turtles. 



CHELONOBATRACHIA (Gr. chelone, a tortoise ; batrachos, a frog). Sometimes 

 applied to the Amphibian order of the Anoura (Frogs and Toads). 



CHILOGNATHA (Gr. cheilos, a lip ; and gnathos, a jaw). An order of the My- 

 riapoda. 



CHILOPODA (Gr. cheilos; and podes, feet). An order of the Myriapoda. 



