ENTOMOLOGY. GLOSSARY. 



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bux, a silk-worm. A genus of 

 insects. 



BRA'CHYU'RA (brak-e.v-ra). From 

 the Greek, brachus, short, and oura, 

 tu.il. A tribe of crusta'ceans. 



BRAN'CHIA (brari -ke-a), Latin. A 

 gill. 



BRAN'CHI.E. Plural of branchia. 

 Gills. 



BRANCHIAL. Belonging or relating 

 to gills, 



BUC'CAL. From the Latin, bvcoa, 

 cheek. Belonging or relating to 

 the cheeks, 



C^EMENTA'RIA. Latin. Belonging 

 or relating to mortar. 



CALCA'RECHTS, Of the nature of lime, 



CAN'CER. Latin. A crab. 



CAN'THARIS. Latin, A kind of fly. 



CANTHA'RIDES. Plural of cantharis. 



CAPIL'LARY. Hair-like. 



CA'RAPACE, The shell of crusta- 

 ceans, 



CA'RABI. Plural of Carabus. 



CA'RABUS. A genus of insects. 



CARNA'RIA. Name of an order of 

 mammals, 



CARNI'VORA. Latin. Carni'vorous. 

 Name of a class of insects. 



CARNI'VOROUS. From the Latin, caro, 

 carnis, flesh, and voro, I eat. 

 Flesh-eating. 



CAR'TILAGE. Gristle. 



CARTILA'GINOUS. Of the nature of 

 cartilage. 



CAU'DAI. From the Latin, cauda, 

 tail. Relating to a tail. 



CAUS'TIC. From the Greek, kaid, I 

 burn. Applied to substances which 

 have the power of burning or dis- 

 organizing animal tissue. 



CAVITA'RIA. From the Latin, cam- 

 tas, a hollow, a cavity. An order 

 of Entozoa, in which the intestinal 

 canal is contained in a distinct 

 abdominal cavity. 



CE'NTIPED. From the Latin, centum, 

 a hundred, and pes, foot. A hun- 

 dred legs ; a genus of myriapods. 



CEPIIA'LIC. From the Greek, kephale, 

 head. Belonging or relating to 

 tlje head. 



CE'PHALO-THORAX. From the Greek, 

 kephale, head, and thorax, chest. 

 Term applied to that part of the 

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body of arachnidans, composed of 



the head and thorax. 

 CETA'CEANS. An order of mammals, 



which includes the whale. 

 CER'VUS, Latin. A stag, 

 CHELA. Plural, chelee. Latin. From 



the Greek, chele, pincers. A crab's 



claw, 

 CHELI'CERA, Plural,cheliceree. From 



the Greek, cheie, pincers, and keras, 



horn, A term applied to append- 



ages on the head of arachnidans. 



}From the Greek, chru- 

 sos, gold. The second 

 stage of the meta- 

 morphosis of insects. 

 CHYLE (kite). A nutritious fluid, a 

 result of the digestion of food, 

 fitted for assimilation. 

 CHYLI'FEROUS. From the Greek, 

 chulos, chyle, and fero, I bear. 

 Chyle-bearing. 



CICA'DA. Latin. A grasshopper. 

 CICIN'DELA. From the Latin, cicen'- 

 dela, a glow-worm. Name of a 

 genus of beetles. 



CIL'IA. Plural, ciliae. Latin. Eye- 

 lash. 



CI'MEX. Latin. A bug. 

 CIR'RIPED. > A description of articu- 

 CIR'RHOPOD. s lated animals. 



From the Latin, cir- 

 rus, a tendril, and 

 pes, foot. A class 

 of articulated ani- 

 mals. 

 CIR'RI. Latin, plural of cirrus. 



Tendrils. 



CLAVICOR'NES. From the Latin, cla- 

 vus, a club, and cornu, horn. 

 Name of a family of insects. 

 CLO'ACA. A sewer. 

 CLY'PEUS. Latin. A buckler. Name 

 of that part of the head of insects 

 to which the labrum is attached. 

 COCCINEL'LA. From the Latin, coc- 

 cinus, crimson. Name of a genus 

 of insects. 



COCOO'N. The silken case which 

 the larvse of certain insects spin, 

 to cover them during a period of 

 their metamorphosis. 

 Coc'cus. Latin. Scarlet cloth. Ge- 

 neric name of the cochineal hi- 

 sect. 



CIR'RHOPODA. 

 CIR'RIPEOA. 



