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ENTOMOLOGY. GLOSSARY. 



soft. A peculiar description of 

 soft animal. 



MO'RI. Latin. Of the mulberry 

 tree. 



MO'RUS. Latin. A mulberry tree. 



MO'TIVE. From the Latin, movco, 

 I move. That which moves or 

 sets in motion. 



MOULT. To change the feathers ; to 

 cast the skin. 



MOULT'ING. The act of chang- 

 ing the feathers or casting the 

 skin. 



MUS'CA. Latin. Fly, 



MUSCI'D^E. From the Latin, musca, 

 a fly, and the Greek, eidos, resem- 

 blance. A section or division of 

 the class of insects, which includes 

 flies. 



MY'GALE. From the Greek, mugale, 

 a field-mouse. A large kind of 

 spider. 



MY'RIAPOD. Of the class My'ria- 

 poda. 



Mv'RiAPonA.--From the Greek, mu- 

 rias, ten thousand, and pous, foot. 

 A class of articulate animals. 



NA'TATORY. From the Latin, tiato, 

 I swim. Swimming, floating. 



NERVU'RES. The horny tubes in the 

 wings of insects, which serve to 

 stretch them. 



NEUROP'TERA. From the Greek, 

 neuron, a nerve, and pteron, wing. 

 An order of insects. 



NIT. A louse's egg. 



NOCTILU'CUS. Latin. Belonging or 

 relating to the moon. 



NOCTUR'NAL. From the Latin, nox, 

 night. Belonging or relating to 

 night. 



NUTRI'TION. The animal function, 

 by which the various organs re- 

 ceive nutritive substances (previ- 

 ously prepared by the several or- 

 gans of digestion), necessary to 

 repair their losses and maintain 

 their strength. 



NYM'PHA. The second stage of 

 metamorphosis of insects. 



O'CELLAR. Relating to ocelli. 



O'CELLI. Latin. Plural of ocellus, 

 a little eye. 



CESO'PHAGUS. The gullet. 



(Es'TRi. Plural of CEstrus. 



Latin. A gad-fly. 



ONIS'CUS. Latin. A wood-louse. 



OP'TIC. From the Greek, optomai, 

 I see. Relating to vision. 



O'RAL. From the Latin, oris, the 

 mouth. Relonging or relating to 

 the mouth. 



OR'GAN. From the Greek, organon, 

 an instrument. Part of an organ- 

 ized being, destined to perform a 

 particular function. 



ORGA'NIC. Relating to organs. 



ORGANIZATION. A mode of struc- 

 ture. 



OR'GANISM. The arrangement of 

 organs ; the assemblage of their 

 different functions. 



ORTHOP'TERA. From the Greek, 

 orthos, straight, and pteron, wing. 

 An order of insects. 



ORTHOP'TERA. Plural of Orthop'- 

 tera. 



OS'SIFIED. From the Latin, os, bone. 

 Converted into bone. 



O'TIOPJ. From the Greek, dtion, a 

 small ear. A genus of cirrhopods. 



O'VA. Plural of ovum. 



O'VARY. Receptacle of the ova. 



O'VUM. Latin. An egg. 



OVIDUCT. From the Latin, ovum, 

 an egg, and duco, I lead. The 

 tube which conducts the ovum 

 from the ovary. 



OVI'PAROUS. From the Latin, ovum, 

 an egg, and pario, I produce. Ap- 

 plied to animals whose young are 

 born from eggs. 



OVIPOS'ITOR. From the Latin, ovum, 

 an egg, and pono, I place. The 

 instrument by which insects de- 

 posit their eggs. 



OX'YGEN. The vivifying gas, which 

 constitutes about one-fifth of the 

 atmosphere. 



PAGU'RUS. Latin. Hermit-crab. 



PALJE'MON. Generic name of prawns. 



PAL'PI. Latin. Plural of Palpus. 



PAL' PUS. Latin. A feeler. An or- 

 gan attached in pairs to the labium 

 and maxilla of insects. 



PAPI'LIO. Latin. A butterfly. 



PARENCHY'MATA. From paren'chy- 

 ma, which is formed from the 

 Greek, paregchuein, to strain 

 through ; the spongy and cellular 



