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GLOSSARY. 



turned at the- edge ; terminating in the 

 segment of a circle. 



Rulwfacient. Making red. 



Rubescent. Growing or becoming red. 



Rubicund. Inclining to redness. 



Rubineous. The red splendor of the 

 ruby. 



Rudiment. An imperfect organ, or one 

 but partially developed. 



Rudimentary. Small; imperfect; unde- 

 veloped. 



Ruff. A tuft or collar of raised feathers 

 round the neck of certain birds. 



Rufescent. Tinged with red. 



Rufous. A pale red. Of a reddish or 

 dull copper color. 



Rugged. When a surface is rough, as in 

 certain insects with spines and tuber- 

 cles intermixed. 



Rugose. Rugged ; wrinkled. Intricate, 

 with approximating elevations and de- 

 pressions whose direction is indeter- 

 minate. 



Ruminant. Chewing the cud : having the 

 property of again chewing what has 

 once been swallowed. The Rurninantia 

 or ruminating animals are the cloven- 

 hoofed quadrupeds, as oxen, sheep, 

 deer, goats, hares, and squirrels. Ru- 

 mination consists in a power of laying 

 aside the food for a time, in a recep- 

 tacle adapted for it, and afterwards 

 bringing it back into the mouth and 

 masticating it a second time. 



Ruminate. To chew the cud. 



Russet. Of a reddish-brown color and 

 rough, like the skin of the apple 

 called a russet or russeting. 



Rutting Season. A term used to denote 

 the time of the year when animals of 

 the cervine genus follow the natural 

 instinct to copulate. 



' S. 



Sabulous. Sandy; gritty. 



Sacciform. Shaped like a sac or bag. 



Salacious. Lustful ; having a strong pro- 

 pensity to venery. 



Salient. Moving by leaps, as frogs. 



Saline. Partaking of the qualities of 

 salt 



Saliva. The fluid which is secreted by 

 the salivary glands ; it serves to mois- 



ten the mouth and tongue, and also to 

 promote digestion. 



Salivary. . Secreting or conveying saliva ; 

 as, the salivary glands. 



Saltatorious. When the ventral segments 

 or the anus (of an insect) are furnished 

 with elastic processes which enable the 

 animal to leap. 



Salubrious. Healthful ; as, a salubrious 

 climate. 



Sanative. Having the power to heal or 

 cure. 



Sanguifluous. Flowing with blood. 



Sanguineous. Of the color of blood or 

 resembling blood. 



Sanguivorous ; Sanguinivorous. Eating 

 or subsisting on blood. 



Sarcophaga. Flesh-eating animals. 



Sarcophagous. Pertaining to those ani- 

 mals which subsist by eating flesh; 

 feeding on flesh. 



Saurian. The epithet by which reptiles 

 belonging to the lizard tribe (Lacerta) 

 are distinguished. 



Sauroid. An epithet used to distinguish 

 a group of fossilized fishes of the car- 

 boniferous and secondary formations. 



Saxatile. Living among rocks. 



Scabious. Rough from the effects of the 

 scab or mange. 



Scabrous. Rough and rugged ; rough to 

 the touch from granules scarcely vis- 

 ible. * 



Scalloped. Indented at the edges. 



Scapular. Pertaining to the shoulders or 

 the shoulder-blades, scapula. 



Scapularies. In ornithology, those feath- 

 ers which take their rise from the 

 shoulders of birds, and cover the sides 

 of the back. 



Scarify. To cut or scratch the skin of 

 an animal, or to make small incisions, 

 so as to draw blood from the small- 

 er vessels without opening a large 

 vein. 



Scatebrous. Abounding with springs. 



Scattered. When simple spots or marks 

 are separate from each other and not 

 arranged in a certain order. 



Scent. The power of smelling; to per- 

 ceive by the olfactory organs; as, to 

 scent game. 



Sciatic. Pertaining to the hip; as, the 



. sciatic artery. 



