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GLOSSARY. 



Fissiparous. Capable of being multiplied 

 by the voluntary cleavage of the indi- 

 vidual into two parts. 

 Fissiped. Having the toes unconnected 



by a membrane. 



Fissirostral.. Belonging to the Fissiros- 

 tres, a family of passerine birds of 

 which the beak is short, broad, slightly 

 hooked, and the opening of the mouth 

 very wide. This family comprises the 

 swallows and goat-suckers. 

 Fissure. A little cleft, or narrow chasm. 

 Fistula. The intermediate subquadran- 

 gular pipe, in insects, formed by the 

 union of the two branches of the antlia, 

 which conveys the nectar to the pha- 

 rynx. 



Flubdlate. When the antennae on one 

 side send forth from the joints, except 

 those at the base, long, flat, flexile 

 branches, which open and shut like the 

 sticks of a fan. 

 Flabelliform. Fan-shaped. 

 Flaccid. Soft and weak ; hanging down 



by its own weight. 

 FlageUum. An appendage to the legs of 



Crustacea resembling a whip. 

 Flame-color. Of a bright color. 

 F/ammiferous. Producing flame. 

 Fledged. Furnished with feathers, as a 



bird. 

 Fleeced. Furnished with a fleece ; as, a 



sheep is well fleeced. 

 Flexile ; Flexible. Yielding to pressure ; 



that may be easily bent. 

 Flexor (muscle). A muscle whose office 

 is to bend the part to which it belongs : 

 it is opposed to extensor. 

 Flexuous. Bending; changing its course 

 in a curved direction ; with angles 

 gently winding. 



Flirt. A sudden jerk ; a darting motion. 



Flocculate. When the posterior coxae are 



distinguished by a curling lock of hair. 



Flocculent. Coalescing and adhering in 



small flakes. 



Flushed. Suddenly aroused and on the 

 wing ; as a covey of partridges when 

 surprised. 

 Fluviatile. Of or belonging to rivers, or 



to fresh water ; living in fresh water. 

 Foetus. The young of viviparous ani- 

 mals in the womb, and of oviparous in 

 the egg, after it is perfectly formed ; 



before which time it is called an em- 

 bryo. 



Foliaceous. Leaf-like ; shaped or ar- 

 ranged like leaves ; scarcely thicker 

 than a leaf. 



Foliated. Bent into laminse ; composed 

 of thin plates, lying on each other, as 

 in the shell of the oyster. 



Foliolce. Appendages of the telum of in- 

 sects. 



Follicle. A minute gland, or little bag, 

 in animal bodies, serving the purposes 

 of secretion. 



Foraminous. Perforated ; full of holes. 



Forceps. An instrument formed some- 

 what after the manner of a pair of 

 pincers or tongs, and used in surgery. 



Forcipated. Formed like a forceps, to 

 open and inclose. 



Fore-legs. The first or anterior 'pair of 

 legs. 



Fornic (acid). The acid of ants. 



Fornicate. Concave above and convex 

 beneath. 



Fossiliferous. Having the quality of, or 

 tending to produce, fossils : applied to 

 the strata which contain the remains 

 of animals and plants. 



Fossilize. To become or to be changed 

 into a fossil. 



Fossils. Bodies of animal or vegetable 

 origin, as shells, bones, and other 

 substances, accidentally buried in the 

 earth, and become petrified. 



Fossorial. A term applied to animals 

 which dig -their retreats and seek their 

 food in the earth. 



Fossorius. A term for the leg of an in- 

 sect when with either palmate or digi- 

 tate tibiae. 



Fossulate. Having one or more long and 

 narrow depressions. 



Foveolate. Having one or more rounded 

 and rather deep depressions. 



Frugivorous. Feeding on fruits, seeds, 

 or corn, as birds and other animals. 



Frumentarious. Pertaining to wheat or 

 other grain. 



Fry. A swarm or crowd of little fish. 



Fulcrant. When the trochanter merely 

 props the thigh below at the base, but 

 does not at all intervene between it 

 and the coxa. 



Fiilyid. Of a bright fiery red color. 



