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GLOSSARY. 



a fan : applied to spiral plaits on the 

 columella of some shells ; also to the 

 angular bendings in the margins of 

 some bivalve shells. 



Plumbeous. The color of lead. 



Plumiped. Having feet covered with 

 feathers. 



Plumulose. When the hairs branch out 

 laterally like feathers. 



Plumose. Feathery ; like a plume of 

 feathers ; or, having hair of a feathery 

 appearance. 



Pneumatic. Belonging to the air and 

 air-breathing organs. 



Podeon. The sixth segment in insects. 



Podophthalma. The tribe of Crustacea 

 in which the eyes are supported upon 

 stalks. 



Pollen. In botany, the fecundating dust, 

 or farina, contained in the anther of 

 flowers, which is dispersed on the pistil 

 for impregnation. 



Polliniferous. Producing pollen. 



Pollinose. Covered with a loose, mealy, 

 and often yellow pollen, resembling 

 the pollen of flowers. 



Polygamous. Not confined to one mate, 

 but pairing promiscuously ; as is com- 

 mon with certain birds. 



Polygastria. The class of infusorial ani- 

 malcules which have many assimila- 

 tive sacs or stomachs. 



Polygenous. Consisting of many kinds. 



Polymorphous. Having many forms. 



Polyphagous. Feeding indiscriminately; 

 all-devouring. 



Polypi. The class of radiated animals 

 which have many prehensile orgarts 

 radiating from around the mouth. 



Polythalamous. Divided into several 

 chambers. 



Porcate. In entomology, a term denot- 

 ing the presence of several parallel 

 elevated longitudinal ridges. 



Porcellaneous. Pertaining to or resem- 

 bling porcelain ; as, porcellaneous shells. 



Porcine. Pertaining to swine. 



Pore. A minute interstice in the skin of 

 an animal, through which the perspir- 

 able matter passes to the surface, or is 

 excreted. 



Porrected. When the head is prominent 

 and elongate. 



Postdiluvial; Postdiluvian. Living or 



happening posterior to the universal 



deluge. 

 Posterior. The hind limbs, c. The 



side in bivalve shells opposite to that 



in which the ligament is placed. 

 Postorbital. Pertaining to whatever is 



situated behind the orbits. 

 Postscutellum. The fourth section of the 



upper surface of each segment in in- 



Prcescutum. The first section of the 

 upper surface of each segment in in- 

 sects. 



Prcesternum. The name of the plate 

 nearest the head in the lower surface 

 of each segment in insects when it is 

 divided into four plates. 



Prasinous. Green with a mixture of yel- 

 low. 



Precipitous. Very steep ; as a precipitous 

 hump on the back of an animal. 



Predatory. Plundering ; practising ra- 

 pine. 



Preen. To clean and dress the feathers, 

 as birds, to enable them to glide more 

 easily through the air or water. 



Prehensile. Seizing ; grasping ; as, tho 

 tails of some monkeys are prehensile. 



Premorse. Terminating in an irregular 

 truncate apex, as if bitten off. 



Preternatural. Beyond the ordinary 

 rules of nature, or different from what 

 is natural, but not supernatural. 



Pretypify. To prefigure. 



Primaries, or Primary Quills. The lar- 

 gest feathers of the wings ; they rise 

 from the first bone. 



Primitive. Original; primary; not de- 

 rived. 



Primordial. Existing from the begin- 

 ning. 



Prismoidal. Having more than four 

 sides, and whose horizontid section is a 

 polygon. 



Proboscidiform. Applied to any elongat- 

 ed appendage about the head. 



Proboscis. The name given to the flex- 

 ible muscular tube, or prehensile organ 

 formed by the prolongation of the 

 nose, as is seen in the elephant. It is 

 also an entomological term : the pro- 

 boscis of insects being used by some to 

 suck the juice from plants, and by 

 others to suck the blood from animals. 



