132 HERPETOLOGY AND ICHTHYOLOGY: GLOSSARY. 



fish, wherein the gills are situated, CARI'NA. Latin. The keel or hot- 

 is not closed merely by the oper- 1 torn part of a ship. A sort of 

 culur bones, but likewise by a broad ridge or elevation, 

 membranous expansion, called the CARI'NA. Latin. Plural of carina. 

 Branchiostegous membrane, which ^CARI'NATE. Marked with a carina 

 is adherent to the hyoid bon >, and or ridge. 



assists in forming the great valve CARNI'VOROUS. From the Latin care, 

 of the operculum. This mem- j (in the genitive, earn ?s,) flesh, and 

 brane is supported by a series of^ voro, I eat. Flesh eating; applied 

 slender bones, derived from thej to animals that feed' on flesh, 

 external margin of each branch offCA'ROTio. The great arterial trunks, 

 the hyoid bone, and these ares which convey blood to the head 

 named from their office, the Bran-^ are called carotid arteries. 

 chiostegous Rays. <CAR'PIO. Specific name of the com- 



BUC'CVE. Buk-say. Latin, plural of> mon carp. 



bucca, cheek. Bucca loricata, CAR'PUS From the Greek, Jcarpos, 

 mailed-cheeks. \ the wrist. That part which is be- 



BUC'CAL, Buk'-kal. From the Latin, 

 bucca, cheek. Belonging or rela- 

 ting to the cheek. 



BU'FO. Latin. A toad. 



BUNGA'RUS. Barbarous Latin. The 

 generic name of tfye Rock-snakes. 



C^E 'CILIA. Latin. ' Formed from 

 CfBctts, blind. Systematic name of 

 a kind of batrachian, which has 

 very small eyes, and sometimes 

 none. 



CAIMA'N. Spanish. Alligator. 



CALCA'REOUS. From the Latin, calx, 

 lime. Containing, or partaking of 

 the nature of lime. 



CANIC'ULA. Latin. A dog-fish. 



CAP'ILLARY. From the Latin, cap 

 illus, a hair. Small, hair-like 

 The capillary vessels, are the ex 

 tremely minute terminations of the 

 arteries, and commencing branches 

 of the veins. 



CARAP'AX. The systematic name o 

 the upper shell of tortoises. 



CARBON'IC A'CID. This is a i 

 which neither supports combustion 

 nor respiration. It constitutes an 

 essential ingredient in effervescing 

 drinks, such as those known unde 

 the name of soda-water, minera 

 water, &c. 



CARCHAR'IAS. From the Greek, car 

 charos, rude, snappish, wicked 

 The systematic name of ceitain 

 sharks. 



tween the fore arm and hand. 



CAR'TILAGE. Gristle. A solid part 

 of the animal body of medium con- 

 sistence between bone and liga- 

 ment. 



CARTILAGINOUS. Partaking of the 

 nature of cartilage. 



CAT'ALKPSY. From the Greek, kata~ 

 lepsis, detention, which is formed 

 from katalambano, I arrest, I hold; 

 because every kind of motion is 

 arrested in catalepsy. A stupify- 

 ing disease which suddenly seizes 

 an individual, causing him to re- 

 main in the situation in which he 

 wa, at the moment of attack, and 

 imparting to the limbs the power 

 of retaining any position that may 

 be given to them, and depriving- 

 him completely of sensation and 

 voluntary motion, during the 

 paroxyism. 



CA'TULUS. Latin. Properly, a whelp, 

 a young dog. Specific name of a 

 shark. 



CAU'DAL. From the Latin, cavda, 

 tail. Belonging or relating to the 

 tail. The caudal Jin, generally 

 increases the length of the tail. 



CAU'STIC. From the Greek, kaid, I 

 burn. Articles which have the 

 property of burning or disorga- 

 nising animal substances, such as 

 pure potash, nitrate of silver, &c. 

 are called caustics. 



