GLOSSARY. 



mal which has the same function in 

 another part or organ in a differen 

 animal. 

 Analogous. Bearing some proportion or 



resemblance. 

 Anastomose. When the mouths of two 



vessels unite or blend together. 

 Anatiferous. Producing ducks. 

 Anatomy. The art of scientifically sepa 

 rating the different parts of an anima 

 body, to discover their situation, struc 

 ture, and economy. Comparative anat 

 omy is that branch of anatomy which 

 treats of the anatomy of other animals 

 than man, with a view to compare 

 their structure with that of human be- 

 ings, and thus to illustrate the animal 

 functions. 



Androgynous. Hermaphroditical, or the 

 combination of male and female or- 

 gans in the same body. 

 Anenterous. Pertaining to those infuso- 

 rial animalcules which have no intesti- 

 nal canal. 



Aneurose. Applied to the wings of insects 

 that have no nervures besides the mar- 

 ginal ones. 



Angui/liform. A term applied to a very 

 large class of fishes, which are soft arid 

 lubricous, like the eel, and destitute of 

 scales. 



Anguloso-undulate. When lines, fascias, 

 &c. go in a zigzag direction, or with 

 alternate acute sinuses. 

 Angustate. Disproportionately narrow in 

 part ; applied to the antennae of insects 

 when the setigerous joint is not con- 

 spicuously larger than the preceding 

 one, beginning with a narrow base, 

 and growing broader. 

 Annelidous. Belonging or pertaining to 

 the Annelida, a division of the class 

 Vermes. 



Annulata. Those invertebrated animals 

 in which the covering or envelope of 

 the body is divided by transverse folds 

 into rings, whose teguments may be 

 either hard or soft, the muscles being 

 situated internally. 



Annulate. When a leg, antennae, &c. of 

 an insect is surrounded by a narrow 

 ring of a different color. 

 Annulatcd. Formed of, marked with, or 

 divided into, distinct rings. 



Annulose. Furnished with or composed 

 of rings. 



Anomaliped. When the middle toe of a 

 bird is united to the exterior by three 

 phalanges, and to the anterior by one 

 only. 



Anomalous. Deviating from a general 

 rule or system ; different from con- 

 generic species, &c. 



Anourous. Destitute of a tail. 



Anserine. Pertaining to the genus Anser ; 

 resembling a goose. 



Antennae. Organs of touch situated near 

 the mouths of insects, having many 

 joints. 



Antennal. Eclating to the antennae of 

 insects. 



Antenniform. Having the form of, or be- 

 ing shaped like, antennae. 



Anterior. The fore part ; as the anterior 

 limbs, opposed to the posterior. In bi- 

 valve shells, the side opposite to that on 

 which the ligament is situated: of a 

 spiral univalve, that part of the aper- 

 ture which is at the greatest distance 

 from the apex : of a symmetrical conical 

 univalve (such as Patella), that part 

 where the head of the animal lies, in- 

 dicated by the interruption of the mus- 

 cular impression : of Cirripedes, that 

 part where the cilia protrude. 



Antiperistaltic. A term applied to the 

 vermicular contractions of a muscular 

 tube when they follow each other in a 

 reverse direction to the usual mode. 



Antiquated. A term in conchology to 

 denote that a shell is longitudinally 

 furrowed, but interrupted by transverse 

 furrows, as if it had acquired new 

 growth at each furrow ; i. e. each fresh 

 deposit or layer of calcareous matter, 

 forming a new margin, being replaced 

 by its successor, no longer constitutes 

 the margin, and is consequently an- 

 tiquated (out of date). 



Antlered. Furnished with antlers, or 

 branching horns, as the head of a stag. 

 Antlia. The oral instrument of Lepi- 

 dopterous insects, in which the ordi- 

 nary trophi are replaced by a spiral, 

 bipartite, tubular machine for suction, 

 with its appendages. 

 Antorbilal. Opposite the orbits. 

 Anus. The termination of the rectum. 



