ENTOMOLOGY. GLOSSARY. 



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shell. A division of the class of 

 Crusta'cea. 



ENTOZO'A. From the Greek, entos, 

 in, and 200/1, an animal. Name 

 of a class of lowly organized crea- 

 tures, which live in the internal 

 organs of other animals. 



EPHE'MERA. From the Greek, ephe- 

 meras, daily. A genus of insects. 

 Day-flies, so called, because their 

 last stage of existence is generally 

 limited to twenty-four hours. 



EPHE'MER^E. Plural of Ephemera. 



EPIDER'MIS. From the Greek, epi, 

 upon, and derma, skin. The cuti- 

 cle or scarf-skin. 



EUNI'CE. Greek. A genus of anne- 

 lidans. 



EXCRE'TJON. ) From the Latin, ex- 



EXCRE'TORY. cer'nere, to separate 

 from. The throwing off those 

 matters which are supposed to be 

 useless, or injurious to organic 

 life, as the perspiration in animals. 

 An excretion is a secretion thrown 

 off. An excretory duct, is any duct 

 conveying off an excretion from 

 an organ. 



EXO'TIC. From the Greek, exdtikos, 

 foreign. Any thing introduced 

 into one country, from some other 

 country, is so termed. 



EXTRE'MITIES. Legs, arms, wings, 

 are so termed. 



FA'CE 1-. A little face, or surface. 



FARINA'CEOUS. From the Latin, 

 farina, flour. Of the nature of 

 flour. 



FAU'NA. From the Latin, faunus, 

 the name of a rural deity among 

 the Romans. All animals of all 

 kinds peculiar to a country con- 

 stitute the fauna of that country. 



FAU'N.E. Plural of Fauna. 



FE'MUR. Latin. The thigh. 



FILIA'RIA. From the Latin, filum, a 

 thread. A family of thread-like 

 entozoa. 



FILIA'RIA:. Plural of Filia'ria. 



FI'I.IFORM. Thread-like. 



FISSJPEN'NA. From the Latin, Jindo, 

 I split, and penna, wing. A genus 

 of insects, remarkable for the 

 wings being as it were split into 

 separate parts. 



FISSIPEN'N*:. Plural of Fissipenna. 

 FIS'SURED. Split, separated. 

 FLEX'UOUS. From the Latin, flecto, 



I bend. Bending. 

 FLOC'CULI. Plural offloculus, a lit- 



tie lock of wool. 

 FLUVIATI'LIS. Fluviatile ; belonging 



or relating to a river. 

 FOR'CEPS. Latin. Pincers. 

 FOR'FICULA. From the Latin, /or/ear, 



a pair of scissors. A genus of 



insects. 



FOR'MICA. Latin. An ant. 

 Fu'cus. Latin. Sea-weed. 

 Fut/ vous. Tawny. 

 FUNC'TION. From the Latin, fungor, 



I act. The action of an organ or 



set of organs. 

 FU'SIFORM. From the Latin, fusus, 



a spindle, and forma, shape. Spin- 



die-shaped. 

 GALE'A. Latin. A helmet. In Or- 



thoptera, the extremity of the lobe 



of the palpus, is so called. 

 GAN'GLIA. Plural of ganglion. 

 GAX'GLION. From the Greek, gag- 



glion, a knot. A knot or enlarge- 

 ment along the course of a nerve. 

 GAS'TEROPOD. From the Greek, gas- 



ter, belly, and pous, foot. A kind 



of mollusk. 

 GECAR'CINUS. From the Greek, ge, 



the earth, and karkinos, a crab. 



A genus of crusta'ceans. Land- 

 crab. 

 GELA'TINOUS. Of the nature of jelly 



or gelatine : jelly-like. 

 GEO'COKIS^E. From the Greek, ge, 



earth, and koris, bug. A division 



of insects. 



GEOLO'GICAL. Relating to Geology. 

 GEO'LOGIST. One skilled in Geology. 

 GEO'LOGY. From the Greek^-e, earth, 



and logos, discourse. The science 



of the earth. 

 GER'MINATK. From the Latin, ger 



men, a bud. To grow after the 



manner of a plant. 

 GLU'TINOUS. Sticky, adhesive, gluey. 



Of the nature of glue. 

 GRA'NULAR. Grain-like ; composed 



of grains. 

 GRILLO-TAL'PA. Compounded ofgri* 



lus, a cricket, and talpa, a mole 



Mole-cricket. 



