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ENTOMOLOGY. GLOSSARY. 



COLEOP'TERA. From the Greek, 

 koleos, a sheath, and pteron, wing. 

 Name of an order of insects. 



COLEOP'TER^E. Plural of Coleop'tera. 



COLEOP'TEROUS. Belonging or re- 

 lating to Coleop'tera. 



CO'PRIS. From the Greek, kopros, 

 dung. A genus of insects. 



CO'RAL. From the Greek, koreo, I 

 ornament, and als, the sea. The 

 hard calca'reous support, formed 

 by certain polypi. 



COR'NEA. From the Latin, cornu, 

 horn. The transparent part of the 

 eye-ball. 



COR'NEA. Plural of cornea. 



CORIA'CEOUS. Leathery. 



CORSE'LET. The second segment or 

 ring of the body of insects. 



COSMO' POLITE. From the Greek, kos- 

 mos, world, and polls, city. A 

 citizen of the world. 



COX'A. Latin. Hip. 



CREPUS'CULAR. From the Latin, cre- 

 puscula, twilight. Relating to 

 twilight. 



CRUSTA'CEA. From the Latin, crvsta, 

 a crust. A class of articulated 

 animals. 



CRUSTA'CEA. Plural of Crusta'cea. 



CRUST A'CEAN. Of the class of Crus- 

 ta'cea. 



CRUSTA'CEOUS. Of the nature, or 

 belonging to Crustaceans. 



CU'TICLE. The scarf-skin. 



CU'TIS. Latin. The skin : the true 

 skin. 



CU'LEX. Latin. A gnat. 



CY'NIPS. A genus of insects. 



DE'CAPOD. Of the family of Deca- 

 poda. 



DECAFO'DA. From the Greek, deca, 

 ten, and pous, foot. A family of 

 Crusta'ceans. 



DEGLUTI'TION. The act of swallow- 

 ing. 



DEMI-ELY'TRA. From the French, 

 de'mij half, and e'lytrum. Half- 

 wing cases. 



DENTA'LIUM. From the Latin, dens, 

 a tooth. A genus of cirrhopods. 



DEN'TATE. Toothed. 



DENTICULA'TION. A tooth-like pro- 

 jection. 



PERMES'TES. From the Greek, der- 



ma, skin, and esthio, I eat. A 



genus of insects. 

 DIA'PHANOUS. From the Greek, did, 



through, and phaino, 1 appear. 



Transparent ; that which may be 



seen through. 

 DIP'TERA. From the Greek, dis, two, 



and pteron, wing. An order of in- 



sects. 



DIP'TERA. Plural of Dip'tera. 

 DIP'TEROUS. Relating to Dip'tera. 

 DIUR'NAL. From the Latin, dies 



day. Daily. 



DOMES'TICA. t Latin. Domestic ; re. 

 DOMES'TICUS. \ lating to home. 

 DOR'SAL. From the Latin, dorsum, 



the back. Relating to the back. 

 1 Having dorsal 

 branchta. or 



bra'nchiata. 



DORSIBRAN'CHIATA. From the Latin, 

 dorsum, back, and branchiae, gills. 

 An order of annelidans. 



DYTIS'CUS. From the Greek, dutikos, 

 diving, expert in diving. Name 

 of a genus of aquatic insects. 



ECHI'NODERM. Belonging or relating 

 to Echinodermata. 



ECHINODER'MATA. From the Greek, 

 echinus, a hedge-hog, and derma, 

 skin. A class of radiate ani- 

 mals. 



ELA'BORATE. ) From the Latin, lalo- 



ELABORA'TION. $ ra're, to work. 

 These words are employed to sig- 

 nify the separation and appropria- 

 tion of nutritive matter, by the 

 action of living organs, upon sub- 

 stances capable of assimilation. 

 The elaboration of food in the 

 stomach produces chyme. 



E'LATER. From the Greek, elater, a 

 leaper. A genus of insects. 



E'LYTRA. Plural of Elytrum. 



E'LYTRUM. From the Greek, elutron, 

 a sheath. A wing-cover. The 

 first pair of wings, when hard and 

 horny, as in beetles. 



ENTOMO'LOGY. From the Greek, 

 entoma, insects, and logos, dis- 

 course. The science of insects. 



EN'TOMO'STRACANS. From the Greek, 

 entomos, incised, and oslrakon, a 



