134 HERPETOLOGY AND ICHTHYOLOGY: GLOSSARY. 



C<ECAL Belonging or relating to the 

 coecum. 



COCCUM. From the Latin, coecus, 

 blind. The blind gut, so called 

 from its being perforated or open 

 at one end only. 



COLON. A portion of the large in- 

 testine. 



COLUBER. Latin. Name of a ser- 

 pent. 



CONCHOLOGY. kon-kol'-o-gy. From 

 the Greek, kogchulion, a shell, and 

 logos, a discourse. A treatise on 

 shells. 



CO.NDYLE. From the Greek, kondulos, 

 a knot, an eminence, a bump. A 

 small round eminence of bone 

 entering into the composition of 

 an articulation. 



COR AGO! D. From the Greek, Jcorax, a 

 wow, and eidos, resemblance. Re- 

 ..embling the beak of a crow. Name 

 of a thick, short, process of bone, 

 situate at the anteriar upper part of 

 the scapula in man. In birds and 

 eptiles this process is represented 

 by a separate bone. 



CORDIFORM. From the Latin, cor, 

 (in the genitive, cordis) heart, and 

 forma, shape. Heart-shnped. 



CORIA'CEOUS. From the Latin, cori- 

 aceus, consisting of leather. 

 Leathery. Formed of leather. 



CORPUSCULE. A small body, a par- 

 ticle of matter, an atom. 



CORSELET A light armour for the 

 front part of the body. 



CRA'NIAL. Belonging or relating to 

 the cranium. 



CRA'NIDM. Latin. The skull. 



CROCODILIAN. Of the family of 

 crocodiles. 



CROCODI'LIDA. From the Greek, 

 krokodeilos, crocodile, and eidos, 

 resemblance. Systematic name of 

 the family of crocodiles. 



CROCODI'LUS. Latin. A crocodile. 

 According to some, from the Greek, 

 krohos, saffron, and deilos, fearful, 

 timid, because the land crocodile 

 is afraid of the sight and odour of 

 saffron : according to others, from 

 kroke, shore, and deilos, timid, be- 



cause the water crocodiles fear the 

 shore, where men set snares for 

 them. 



CRO'TALUS. Latin. Formed from the 

 Greek, krotaleo, 1 make a noise. 

 Rattle snake. 



CRYSOLENCAS. Specific name of the 

 Shiner. 



CUTA'NEOUS. From the Latin, cutis, 

 skin. Belonging or relating to the 

 skin. 



CYCLO'STOMI. Latin. Plural of Cyc- 

 lostomus. From the Greek, kuklos, 

 circle, and stoma, mouth. Syste- 

 matic name of an order ol fishes. 



CYPRINOI'DES. From the Greek, 

 kuprinos, a carp, and eidos, resem- 

 blance. Systematic name of a 

 family of fishes. 



CYPRINID^E. Same derivation as 

 cyprinoides ; and applied in the 

 same way. 



CYPRINUS. Latin. A carp. 



DACTYLOP'TERUS. Dak-te-lop'-te-rus. 

 From the Greek? daktulos, finger, 

 and ptfron, wing Wing. fingered. 

 Systematic name of the tr.ue fly- 

 ing-fishes. 



DAUKADE French. Name of a fish. 



DEGLUTITION. From the Latin, 

 deglutire, to swallow. The act 

 by which substances are passed 

 from the mouth into the stomach, 

 through the pharynx and eso- 

 phagus. 



DEN'TATE. From the Latin, dens, a 

 tooth. Notched or toothed. 



DIA'PHRAGM. Di'-a-fram. From the 

 Greek, diaphragma, a partition. A 

 fleshy or muscular partition, be- 

 tween the cavity of the chest and 

 cavity of the abdomen. 



DIODON. From the Greek, dis, twice, 

 and odous, (in ihe genitive, odontos) 

 tooth. Systematic name of a 

 genus of fishes which have but 

 two teeth. 



DISCOBOLI. Latin. Plural of disco- 

 bolus, formed from the Greek, 

 diskos, a disk, and ballo, I throw. 

 A quoit-player. Systematic name 

 of a family of fishes whose ven- 

 tral tins form a disk. 



