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GLOSSARY. 



Equate. Without larger partial eleva- 

 tion's or depressions. 



Equicrural. Having legs of equal length. 



Equilateral.. Having all sides alike : ap- 

 plied to bivalve shells, when a line 

 drawn perpendicularly from the apex 

 would divide the shell into two equal 

 parts. 



Equilibrity. The state of being equally 

 balanced ; equilibrium. 



Equine. Pertaining to a horse or to the 

 genus. 



Equipendent. Hanging in equipoise. 



Equivalve. Having both valves of equal 

 dimensions. 



Equivorous. Feeding or subsisting on 

 horse-flesh. 



Erect. Nearly perpendicular. 



Erectile. A term applied to a tissue pe- 

 culiar to some part of the animal 

 body ; and which is formed of veins, 

 arteries, and nervous filaments. 



Erect ro-patent. When the primary wings 

 of an insect at rest are erect and the 

 secondary horizontal. 



Erose. Irregularly notched, as if gnawed. 



Erubescence. Redness of the skin or sur- 

 face of any thing. 



Eruginous, or sEruginous. Green, with a 

 blue tint : the color of the rust of cop- 

 per, verdigris. 



Escargatoire. A nursery of snails. 



Escharotic. Having the power of sear- 

 ing or destroying the flesh. 



Esculent. Eatable, or that may safely be 

 used by man as food. 



Estival. Pertaining to summer, or con- 

 tinuing during the summer. 



Ethmoidal. Pertaining to a bone at the 

 top of the root of the nose, called the 

 ethmoid. 



Eupeptic. Having good digestion. 



Eviscerated. Deprived of the intestines. 



Exarticulation. The dislocation of a 

 joint. 



Excavate. A depression the arc of which 

 is not the segment of a circle. 



Exscinded. When the end has an angu- 

 lar notch taken out. 



Excision. A cutting out or cutting off 

 any part of the body. 



Excoriated. Abraded ; the skin or cuti- 

 cle rubbed or worn off. 



Excrementitious. Consisting of matter 



evacuated, or proper to be evacuated, 

 from the animal body. 



Excrescence. Any tumor, wart, or pre- 

 ternatural enlargement or superfluous 

 part. 



Excretory ; Excretive. Having the quali- 

 ty of excreting or throwing off excre- 

 mentitious matter by the glands. 



Excurved. When curved outwards. 



Exfoliated. Separated in thin scales, as 

 a carious bone. 



Exosseous. Without bones ; destitute of 

 bones. 



Exotic. Produced in a foreign country. 



Expalpate. When an imperfect mouth 

 has no palpi. 



Expanded. When wings at rest are hori- 

 zontally extended and do not cover 

 each other. 



Explanate. When the sides of the pro- 

 thorax are so depressed and dilated as 

 to form a broad margin. 



Exsanguinous. Destitute of red blood. 



Exscutellate. When an insect has no visi- 

 ble scutellum, it being wholly covered 

 by the prothorax. 



Exserted. When the head of an insect is 

 quite disengaged from the trunk. 



Extended. When wings at rest do not 

 lie upon the body. 



Extensor (muscle). A muscle which 

 serves to extend or straighten any part 

 of the body, as an arm or finger : it is 

 opposed to flexor. 



Extinct. Having ceased to exist, and, 

 when discovered, only found in a fossil 

 state. 



Extraocular. Applied to the antennae 

 when they are inserted on the outsides 

 of the eyes. 



Extrageneoux. Belonging to another kind. 



Extravasated. Forced or let out of its 

 proper vessels ; as, extravasated blood. 



Exuvice. Cast skins, shells, or coverings 

 of animals, or any parts which are 

 shed or cast off. Also, the remains of 

 animals which at some period long 

 antecedent were deposited in the earth. 



Exuvial. Pertaining to the spoils or re- 

 mains of animals found in the earth, 

 supposed to have been deposited there 

 at the deluge, or some great convulsion 

 which the terraqueous globe has un- 

 dergone. 



