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GLOSSARY. 



Concolorate. Of the same color with an- 

 other part. 



Concretion. The act of growing togeth- 

 er, or of uniting, by other natural pro- 

 cess, the small particles of matter into 

 a mass. A solid substance formed in 

 the soft parts or in the cavities of ani- 

 mal bodies. 



Condensative. Having a power or ten- 

 dency to condense. 



Condi/loid. The projecting soft end or 

 process of a hone. 



Conflyure. To dispose in a certain form, 

 figure, or shape. 



Confluent. Flowing together ; when 

 spots, &c. run into each other. 



Conformation. The particular structure 

 of a body, or disposition of the parts 

 which compose it. 



Congeneric. Being of the same kind or 

 nature. 



Congeners. Animals of the same kind 

 or nature. 



Congenial. Partaking of the same genus, 

 kind, or nature; agreeable to the na- 

 ture. 



Congenital. Of the same birth; born 

 with another. 



Congeries. A collection of several par- 

 ticles or bodies in one mass or aggre- 

 gate. 



Conglobate. Formed or gathered into a 

 ball. 



Cbnirostral. Having the beak shaped 

 like a cone. 



Connate. When parts that are usually 

 separated are, as it were, soldered to- 

 gether, though distinguished by a su- 

 ture. 



Connatural. Participating of the same 

 nature ; connected by nature. 



Connecting Nervures. Nervures that, 

 running transversely or obliquely, con- 

 nect the longitudinal ones, and so 

 form the areolets. 



Connivent. The meeting of two lines so 

 as to form an angle. When erect 

 wings are so closely applied to each 

 other that the corresponding margins 

 touch. 



Conoid. In anatomy, a gland in the 

 third ventricle of the brain, shaped 

 like a cone or pine, and called the 

 pineal gland. 



Conoidical. Having the form of a co- 

 noid. 



Consanguineous. Related by birth ; de- 

 scended from the same parent or an- 

 cestor. 



Consecutive. Uninterrupted in course or 

 succession. 



Consperse. Thickly sprinkled with mi- 

 nute irregular dots often confluent. 



Constrict. Suddenly and disproportion- 

 ably smaller at one end. 



Consute. Having very minute elevations 

 in a series at some distance from each 

 other, of a different color from the 

 rest of the surface. 



Conterminous. Nearly allied ; as conter- 

 minous groups, &c. 



Contorted. Twisted, or incumbent on 

 each other in an oblique direction. 



Contractile. Having the power of short- 

 ening or of drawing into smaller di- 

 mensions. 



Convex. Rising or swelling on the ex- 

 terior surface into a round or spherical 

 form. 



Convolute ; Convoluted. Twisted spirally, 

 or rolled regularly one over the other ; 

 when the wings of an insect so envelop 

 the body as to give it a cylindrical 

 form. 



Convolvolent. When the anal area is hor- 

 izontal, incumbent on the back of the 

 insect, and forms a right angle with 

 the rest of the tegmen, which is verti- 

 cal and covers the sides. 



Coracoid. Shaped like a crow's beak. 



Corbiculate. When the tibia or shank of 

 an insect is fringed with incurved hairs 

 calculated for carrying kneaded pollen. 



Corcula. The reservoir in the dorsal 

 channel through which the blood of 

 insects flows. Each corculum is some- 

 what pear-shaped, and has a distinct, 

 tough, and elastic coat like that of an 

 artery ; and the anterior appears to be 

 wholly filled with blood. 



Cordate ; Cordiform. Heart - shaped. 

 Ovate or sub-ovate, and hollowed out 

 at the base, without posterior angles. 



Coriaceous. Of a tough, flexible, and 

 leather-like consistence. 



Cornea. The transparent membrane in 

 the fore part of the eye, through which 

 the rays of the light pass. 



