GLOSSARY. 



Hirsute. Thickly set with long, stiffish, 

 rough hairs ; shajriry. 



Hispid. Beset with bristles or stiff hairs. 



Histological. Pertaining to the doctrine 

 of the tissues which enter into the for- 

 mation of an animal and its various 

 organs. 



Hive. A hox or kind of basket for the 

 reception and .habitation of a swarm 

 of honey-bees ; or the bees inhabiting 

 a hive. Also, to collect into a hive. 



Hoary. White or gray with age; cov- 

 ered with a whitish pubescence. 



HoJosericeous. Covered with thick-set, 

 short, decumbent hairs, a kind of pu- 

 bescence resembling satin. 



Homogangliate. Pertaining to the gan- 

 glionic nervous system in animals, 

 and symmetrical arrangement of the 

 ganglions. 



Homogeneous. Of the same kind or na- 

 ture. 



Homologue. The same organ in different 

 animals under every variety of form 

 and function. 



Homologous. Proportional to each other. 



Uomomorphous. Of similar form. 



Homoptera. A section of the hemipte- 

 rous order of insects, whose four wings 

 have a similar structure. 



Honey-bag. The stomach of a honey- 

 bee. 



Honey-comb. A thick, viscid, tenacious 

 substance, formed by bees into hex- 

 agonal cells for repositories of honey, 

 and for the eggs which produce their 

 young. 



Hoof. The horny substance that covers 

 the feet of certain animals, as horses, 

 oxen, deer, &c. 



Hoof-bound. A term denoting that the 

 horse or other hoofed animal has a 

 pain in the fore-feet, occasioned by the 

 dryness and contraction of the horn, 

 which often occasions lameness. 



Humbles; Untbles. The entrails of a 

 deer. 



Humeral. Pertaining to the humerus or 

 shoulder ; as, the humeral artery. 



Hunter. A man who, either for sport or 

 for food, pursues wild animals with a 

 view to take them. A horse used in 

 the chase. 



Hyaline. Glassy; thin; transparent. 



The pellucid substance wliioh deter- 

 mines the spontaneous fission of shells. 



Hybernaculum ; Hybernacle. A. place 

 chosen by an animal for its winter re- 

 treat. 



Hybemate. To pass the winter season 

 in close quarters or in seclusion, and 

 sometimes in a dormant state. 



Hybrid. Produced from the mixture of 

 two species. A mongrel. 



Hybridize. To procreate by the mixture 

 of two different species ; to propagate 

 mongrels or mules. 



Hydatid. A little transparent vesicle 

 containing serous fluid, sometimes 

 found detached in the body of an ani- 

 mal, and sometimes adhering to the 

 different viscera. Some have an or- 

 ganized Read and neck, possess an in- 

 dependent vitality, and are considered 

 as constituting distinct animal*. 



Hydriform. Formed like the fresh-water 

 polypes to which the name of Hydra is 

 given. 



Hydrophobia. A preternatural dread of 

 water; a symptom of canine madness, 

 or disease itself. 



Hydrozoa. The class of polypes organ- 

 ized like the Hydra. 



Hyemal. Belonging to winter. 



Hymenopterous. Pertaining to the ITy- 

 menoptera, an order of insects having 

 four membranous wings, including the 

 wasp, bee, &e. 



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Ichthyology. That part of zoology which 

 treats of fishes, their structure, form, 

 and classification, their habits, uses, 

 fte, 



Ichthyophagous. Feeding or subsisting on 

 fish. 



Idiopathic. A term indicative of a dis- 

 ease peculiar to a part of the body, 

 and not arising from any preceding 

 disease : opposed to sympathetic, when 

 it is the consequence of some other 

 disorder. 



Imago. The last and adult state of in- 

 sect life, i. e. the third or perfect state 

 of insects, when they appear in their 

 proper shapes and colors, and undergo 

 no more transformations. 



