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CAIJ'TERISE. The same derivation as 

 caustic. To bum with a cautery 

 or red hot iron. To apply caustic. 



CAVK'RNOUS.- Filled with small cavi- 

 ties or caverns, as a sponge. 



CAVJ'AR, or CAVIARE. A culinary 

 preparation, much used by certain 

 people, and made on the shores of 

 the Black and Caspian Seas, from 

 the roe or eg<rs of the sturgeon, 

 mixed with salt and other condi- 

 ments. 



CEL'LULAR. Composed of cells. 



CENTRONOTUS. Systematic name o 

 the pilot-fish. 



CEPHALUS. ke'-fa-lus. From the 

 Greek, kephale, head. Systematic 

 name of the sun-fishes, given to 

 them for their appearance of having 

 the posterior part of the bo ly cut 

 off. 



CERASTES. From the Greek, kcras, a 

 horn. Specific name of the horned 

 viper. ^ 



CER'VICAL. From the Latin, cervix, 

 the neck. Belonging or relating 

 to the neck. 



CHCETODON. From the Greek, cheo, 

 I contain, and odontos, (genitive of 

 odous,} a tooth. Generic n;ime of 

 certain fishes of the family of 

 Squamipennes. 



CHALCIDES. From the Greek, clalkis, 

 a serpent with a head resembling 

 that of lizards. Generic name oi 

 a kind of saurian. 



CHAM^E'LEO. kam'-e-leo. From the 

 Greek, chamai, earth, and leon, 

 lion : (because it pursues flies, as 

 the lion does other animals.) Sys- 

 tematic name of the chameleons. 



CiiAMiEi.E'oNiDjE. From the Greek, 

 chamailedn, chameleon, and eidos, 

 resemblance. Systematic name o 

 animals that resemble chameleons 



CHE'LONIA. From the Greek, chelone 

 a sea-tortoise. Systematic name 

 of the order which includes the 

 tortoises. 



CHER'S^EA. Specific name of a viper 



CHJM^'RA. ky-me'-ra. A kind o 

 fish, so called, from the fantastic 

 figure it assumes when carelessly 

 dried. 



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CHONPROPTER'YGIAN. kon-drop-ter'- 

 igian. From the Greek, chondros, 

 cartilage, and ptertiz, (in the geni- 

 tive, ptervgos,) fin or wing. Sys- 

 tematic name of fished with a car- 

 tilaginous skeleton. 



CHONDROPTKRYGII. kon-drop-ter-i-ge-i. 

 Latin. Plural of chondropietygius. 

 Chondropterygians. Chondroptery- 

 gii branchiis Jixis, chondroptery- 

 gi.ins with fixed branchiae. Chon- 

 dropterygii branchiis tiberis, ehon- 

 dro,jterygians with free branchiae. 



CHYLE. kile. From the Greek c/m/os, 

 nutritious juice. A nutritive fluid 

 which is extracted from food by 

 the action of the digestive organs. 



CHRYSO'PHRIS. kris-o'-fris. From the 

 Greek, ctirusos, gold, and ophrus, 

 eye-brow. Golden eye-brow. Sys- 

 tematic name of the daurade, given 

 to itori account of a crescent-shaped 

 band of golden hue, which extends 

 from one eye to the other. 



CIRRI. Latin. Plural of cirrus. 



CIRRUS. Latin. A tu t, a beard, a 

 fringe. Applied to that which 

 hangs in form of mustache, or 

 beard, from the end and sides of 

 the mouth of certain fishes. 



CI'STUDK. From the Greek, kiste, a 

 chest, a coffer. Name of a kind of 

 tortoise. The box tortoise. 



CLA'VICLE. From the Latin, clavis, 

 key. The collar-bone, so called 

 from its resemblance to a key. 



CLO'ACA. Latin. A common sewer. 

 From the Greek, kluzo, I wosh. 

 The pouch at the extremity of the 

 intestinal canal, in which the solid 

 and liquid excretions are com- 

 mingled in birds, fishes, and rep- 

 tiles. 



CLUPEA. Latin. A shad. 



CLUTEJE. Latin. Plural of Clupea. 



COBITIS. Generic name of certain 

 fishe*. From the Greek, kobitis, 

 the name of an unknown fish. 



CO'BRA CAP'ELLO Portuguese. Cobra, 

 snake ; capello, a cawl, a hood : 

 hood-snake. Name of a venomous 

 serpent. 



COECA, or C^CA. Latin. Plural of 

 ooecum. 



