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GLOSSARY. 



the cylindrical siphon possessed by the 

 animal. 



Canaliculated. Made like a groove, ca- 

 nal, or furrow. 



Canaliform. Having an elongate depres- 

 sion, channel, or furrow. 



Cancellate ; Cancellated. Cross-barred ; 

 marked with cross lines, or transverse 

 lines crossing longitudinal ones at 

 right angles. In conchology, it de- 

 notes that the surface of a shell is 

 marked by lines which cross each 

 other. 



Cancerite. A petrified crab. 



Canine. Pertaining to dogs. Canine 

 teeth are two sharp-pointed teeth in 

 each jaw of an animal, one on each side, 

 between the incisors and molars. 



Canthus. An angle of the eye ; a cavity 

 at the extremity of the eyelids; the 

 greater is next to the nose, the lesser 

 near the temple. 



Capillary. Fine, minute ; small in diam- 

 eter, though long, resembling a hair ; 

 as a capillary vessel or tube. Applied 

 to the antennae of insects, nearly as 

 slender as a hair. 



Capistrate. When the anterior part of 

 the head of an insect is attenuated and 

 subelongated into a kind of flat ros- 

 trum or muzzle. 



Capistrum. A word used by Linnaeus to 

 denote the short feathers on the fore- 

 head just above the bill. In some birds 

 these feathers fall forward over the 

 nostrils : they quite cover those of the 

 crow. 



Capitate. Terminated in a knob ; when 

 antennae suddenly end in a knob of 

 one or more joints. 



Capriform. Having the form of a goat. 



Caput. The head, or first segment of 

 insects. 



Carabidous. Belonging to the group of 

 insects of which the genus Carabus is 

 the type. 



Carapace. The upper shell of a crab or 

 other crustaceous animal. The hard 

 covering or shell which protects the 

 upper part of the body of the Chelo- 

 nian reptiles. 



Cardinal Teeth (in shells). Those teeth 

 which receive their full development 

 close to the umbones. 



Carince. Keels; when the surface is 

 raised into elongated lines. 



Carinate; Carinated. Having, as is the 

 case with certain shells, a longitudinal 

 prominence like the keel of a boat. 



Carious. Corrupted; ulcerated, as a 

 bone. 



Carneous. Fleshy; having the qualities 

 of flesh. 



Carnijication. A turning to flesh. 



Carnivorous. Subsisting wholly on flesh. 

 The Carnivora form a family in the 

 order Carnaria. The word is also 

 used to denote a family of coleopterous 

 insects which pursue and devour 

 others. 



Carnose. Of a soft and fleshy substance. 



Carpus. The wrist. 



Cartilage. A smooth, solid, elastic sub- 

 stance, softer than bone, and of a ho- 

 mogeneous texture. Applied to shells, 

 it denotes the ligament, a flexible, 

 fibrous substance by which the valves 

 are united, situated near the beak. 



Cartilaginous. The term applied to those 

 fishes whose muscles are supported by 

 cartilages instead of bones, or whose 

 skeleton is cartilaginous. 



Caruncle. The fleshy comb on the head 

 of a fowl ; a soft wart-like eminence. 



Carunculated. Having a fleshy excres- 

 cence ; or soft fleshy protuberance. 



Caseous. Having the qualities of cheese. 



Casque. A helmet-shaped tuft on the 

 head of a bird. 



Castaneous. Of a rich deep brown, 

 the color of a horsechestnut. 



Catenate. A term used when the surface 

 between impressed lines on elytra, &c. 

 is divided into oblong elevations, and 

 is supposed to resemble a chain. 



Catenulate. Consisting of little links or 

 chains ; having a series of elevated 

 oblong tubercles resembling a chain. 



Cauda. A tail : applied to parts re- 

 sembling a tail. In shells, the elon- 

 gated base of the ventre, lip, and colu- 

 mella. 



Caudal. Belonging or pertaining to the 

 tail. 



Caudate ; Caudated. Having a tail ; 

 when the wings of insects terminate in 

 a tail-like process. 



Caudulce. Tail-like appendages to in- 



