MAMMALOGY. 



GLOSSARY. 



ABDOMEN. From the Latin, abdere, 

 to conceal; the bi'lly. Tlie chief 

 viscera contained in the abdomen, 

 are the stomach, intestines, liver, 

 fee. 



ABDOMINAL. Relating to the abdo- 

 men. 



ABOMASUS. Latin ab, from, without, 

 and omassum, stomach. The fourth 

 stomach of Ruminants. The Ren- 

 net. (See page 106.) 



ACACIA. From the Greek, alee, a 

 point. A tree with a tall trunk 

 that bears leguminous flowers. 



ACCLIMATE From the Greek, klirna, 

 a region: to habituate to a climate. 



ACEPHALA. From the Greek, a, pri- 

 vative, and kephale, head. With- 

 out a head. The name given to a 

 division of molluscous animals that 

 have no apparent head. 



AERIAL From the Latin aerius : be- 

 longing to the air. 



^EGAGRE. From the Greek, nix, a 

 goat, and agrios, wild : wild goat. 



J!EGAGRUS. Latin for JEgngre: wild 

 goat. (See page 116.) 



ADIPOCIRE From the Latin adeps, 

 fat, and cera, wax: an animal sub- 

 stance analogous to wax and fat; 

 spermaceti. (See page 1*29.) 



AFRICANUS Latin. African. 



AGGLUTINATE. From the Latin ag. 

 glutinure, which is formed from ad t 

 to, and gluten, glue : to join parts 

 together. 



AGILIS. Latin. Agile, supply light, 

 prompt. 



Ar. The sloth a mine derived from 

 the cry of the animal. (See p. 94 ) 



ALCES. Latin, an Elk, one of the 

 dogs of Acteon was so called. (See 

 page 114.) 



ALIMENT. From the Latin, alimen- 

 tam, which is formed from oitre, 

 to nourish. Any substance, which, 

 if introduced into the system, i 

 capable of nourishing it and re- 

 pairing its losses. Food. 



ALOU.VTTE French name of the howl- 

 ing monkey. (See page 39.) 



ALPINUS. Latin, Alpine ; relating to 

 the Alps. 



ALVEOLUS. Latin. The hole in which 

 a tooth is placed. 



ALVEOLI. Plural of alveolus. Sock- 

 ets of the teeth. 



AMBERGRIS. From the Arabic, ani- 

 bar, or rather anhar, as written in 

 Spanish, and the Fienchg-m,gray, 

 which litt rally rendered, means 

 " gray amber," to distinguish 

 it from " yellow amber" of the 

 French, which is a kind of fossil 

 resin of vegetable origin, and gene- 

 rally known under the name of 

 Amber; but ambergris originates 

 in the spermaceti whale, and in its 

 essential properties differs alto- 

 gel her from amber, with which 

 substance, the derivation of its*, 

 name might lead us to confound it. 



AMERICANUS. Latin. American. 



AMMON. From the Greek, ammos, 

 sand : Grecian Ram. (See p ige 

 117.) 



AMPHIBIA. From the Greek, amphi 

 on two side*, both, double, and 

 bios, life : animals that are fitted 

 for living both on land and in the 

 water. 



AMPHIBIOUS. From the Greek am- 

 phi double, and bios, life That 

 which partakes of two natures, so 

 as to live in two elements ; as in 

 the air and water. 



