GLOSSARY. 



fishes by which they breathe in the 

 water. 



Branchial. Relating to the branchiae, or 

 respiratory organs of fishes. 



Branchiopodous. Belonging or pertaining 

 to the Branchiopoda, an order of Crus- 

 tacea in which the feet support the 

 gills. 



Branchiostegous. Having gill-covers, as 

 a branchiostegous fish ; or covering the 

 gills, as the branchiostegous membrane. 



Breed. A race or progeny from the same 

 parents or stock. Also, to have birth, 

 or be produced; as, fish breed in riv- 

 ers. 



Breeding. The raising of a breed or 

 breeds ; as, the farmer attends to the 

 breeding of sheep. 



Breviped. A fowl having short legs, 

 short-legged ; applied to certain birds. 



Brindled. Variegated with spots of dif- 

 ferent colors. 



Bristle. The stiff, glossy hair of swine, 

 especially that growing on the back. 



Brocket. A red deer two years old. 



Bronchial. Relating to the bronchia, or 

 ramifications of the windpipe in the 

 lungs. 



Brow-antler. The first branch that grows 

 on a deer's head. 



Browse. To feed on the tender branches 

 or shoots of shrubs and trees, as cattle, 

 sheep, and goats. 



Brumal. Belonging to the winter. 



Buccal. Belonging to the mouth. 



Baccate. When the nasus and anterior 

 part of the head of an insect are in- 

 flated. 



Burnished. Having the appearance of 

 being polished or made glossy. 



Burrow. A hollow place or excavation 

 in the earth formed by various small 

 animals for the purpose of dwelling 

 there in security, and sometimes for 

 depositing their provisions. To lodge 

 in a hole excavated in the earth, as 

 rabbits, &c. 



Buti/raceons. Having the qualities of, or 

 resembling, butter. 



By ss! for in. In shape and appearance 

 like the byssus. 



Byssine. Made of the silky filaments 

 hereunder described. 



Byssus. The name of a long, lustrous, 



and silky fasiculus of filaments, by 

 which some of the conchiferous mol- 

 lusks are affixed to submarine rocks, 

 &c. 



C. 



Caducous. Falling off at a certain sea- 

 son, as the hair of animals, &c. 



Cceca. Minor stomachs, thrown off from 

 the principal one ; particularly observ- 

 able in the voracious herbivorous in- 

 sects, which have the anterior portion 

 of a stomach in the form of a gizzard. 



Caecum. A blind tube, or a tube perfo- 

 rated at one end only. 



Cozsious. Very pale blue, with a little 

 black; the color of what are termed 

 blue eyes. 



Calcarate. When the tibia is armed with 

 one or more spurs. 



Calcareous. Partaking of the nature of 

 lime. 



Calcareum. A spur or sharp-pointed 

 process to the tail. 



Calcaria. The stiff spines with which 

 the tibia in most insects is furnished ; 

 the spurs on the legs of some of the 

 males of Gallinaceous birds. 



Calceoliform. Oblong, and somewhat co- 

 arctate in the middle. 



Callosity. Any hard, horny tumidity, 

 formed in the skin of some animals 

 (such as the dromedary, for instance), 

 in those parts which are subject to 

 most use. By conchologists, it is used 

 to denote those undefined tumidities 

 or bumps which appear in the inner 

 surface of some bivalve shells. 



Callous. Hardened ; indurated ; of a 

 horny or cartilaginous substance. 



Callow. Destitute of feathers ; unfledged. 



Callus. Any corneous or bony excres- 

 cence ; an indurated knob or protuber- 

 ance. 



Calotte. A covering of feathers on the 

 head of a bird, bearing a fancied re- 

 semblance in shape to the cap or coif 

 worn in Popish countries as an eccle- 

 siastical ornament. 



Campanufate. Bell-shaped. 



Canal. A grove or channel observable 

 in different parts of spiral shells, be- 

 longing to carnivorous Mollusca, and 

 is that part fitted for the protrusion of 



