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DORSAL. From the Latin, dorsum, I EPIDEK'MIS. From the Greek, epi, 

 the back. Belonging 1 or relating upon, and derma, skin. The scarf, 

 to the back. 



DUCT. A canal, pipe, or conduit. 



DOCTOR. Latin. A leader. 



ECHE'NEIS. E-ke'-nice. From 



Greek, echo, I hold, I stop, and \ Pike. 



naus, ship: a ship-holder, an an- 1 EXCRETORY. An excretory vessel, or 



chor. Systematic name of a $ duct, is one which transmits the 



skin; the cuticle. 



ERIX. Generic name of a serpent. 

 E'SOCES. Latin. Plural of esox. 

 the I Esox. Latin. Generic name of the 



name 



family of fishes, which the ancients > 

 supposed were capable of arresting 

 the course of a vessel under sail. 



ELAI-S. From the Greek, daps, or 

 elops, a particular serpent. Syste- 

 matic name of certain vipers. 



ELKC'TRIC. Belonging or relating to 

 electricity. 



ELECTRIC'ITY. From the Greek, 

 elektron, amber, the substance in 

 which this imponderable cause of 

 certain phenomena, was first ob- 

 served. The property which cer- 

 tain bodies, such as glass, wax, 



fluid, secreted by a gland, either 



externally, or into the reservoirs, 



in which it has to be deposited. 

 EX'OCETUS. Latin. Generic name 



of a kind of flying-fish. 

 EXTENSILE. Susceptible of being 



stretched out or extended. 

 EXTREMITIES. The limbs; the legs, 



arms, wings, fins, 5cc. 

 FACETTE'. French. The diminutive 



of face. A small face: the articu- 



lar facetie of a hone, is a small 

 circumscribed portion of its sur- 

 face. 



sulphur, &c., acquire, by being FARIO. Specific name of the com- 



rubbed, of attracting or repelling $ mon trout. 



each other. In a more modern \ FASCIC'ULI. Latin. Plural of fasci- 

 culus. 



and extended signification, the 

 power and action of a peculiar, 

 imponderable fluid, the accumu- 

 lation of which is manifested by 

 sparks, and by communicating to 

 the nervous system more or less 

 powerful sensations, and producing 

 effects analogous, if not identical 

 with those of lightning. 



ELECTCRI'CUS. Latin. Electric. Pos. 

 sessing electricity. 



ELEVATOR.-Applied to muscles whose 

 function is to raise certain parts. 



ELOPS. Specific name of a fish. 



ENCEPH'ALON. En-kef'-a-lon. From 

 the Greek, en, in, and kephale, head. 

 The contents of the cranium : the 

 brain and spinal marrow are gene- 

 rally included in this term. 



ENCRASICIIO'LUS. En-cra-si-ko'-lus. 

 Specific name of the anchovy. 



ENGRAU'LIS. Generic name of the 

 anchovy. 



EPERLA'NUS. Systematic name of the 

 smelt. 



EPIDER'MIC. Belonging or relating 

 to the epidermis. 



FASCIC'ULUS. Latin. A little bundle. 

 FE'MUR. Latin. The thigh bone. 

 FIBRO-CARTILA'GINOUS Of the nature 



of fibrous tissue and cartilage. 

 FIBULA. The name of the long, 



slender bone, situate at the outer 



part of the leg. 

 FIL'AMENT. From the Latin, fila- 



inentum, which is the diminutive 



ofjilum, a thread. A very small 



fibre. 

 FI'LIFORM. From the Latin,./i/u/n, a 



thread, and forma, form, shape. 



Thread-like. 

 FIN. The limb of a fish by aid of 



which it balances itself, and directs 



its course. 

 FIN-RAYS The rays or spfhes which 



serve to sustain and spread the fins. 

 FJXIS. Latin. (Ablative plural.) 



Fixed. 

 FLESUS. The specific name of the 



Flounder. 

 FLUVIATI'LE. Belonging or relating 



to a river. 

 FLUVIATI'LIS. Latin. Fluviatile. 



