MAMMALOGY:-GLOSSARY. 



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AUCHENIA. From the Greek anchcn, 

 the neck. The genus of animals 

 to which the Llama belongs, is so 

 called, probably from having along 

 neck. 



AUREUS. Latin. Golden. Relating 

 or belonging to gold. 



AURICLE. From the Latin, auricula, 

 which is the diminutive of awns, an 

 ear. The two auricles of the heart, 

 derive the name from their resem- 

 blance to ears. They receive the 

 blood from every part of the body. 

 The two venae cavae open into the 

 right auricle, and four pulmonary 

 veins into the left auricle. (Sec 

 First Book of Nat. History, p. 35.) 



AUROCH. A sort of wild bull, (See 

 page 119.) 



AVELLANARIUS. From the Latin, av- 

 ellana, a filbert. Relating or be- 

 longing to filberts. (See page 81.) 



AVICULARIS. From the Latin avicula, 

 which is the diminutive of avis, a 

 bird. Relating or belonging to birds. 



BACTRIANUS. Latin. Bactrian. Re- 

 lating or belonging to Bactria. 



BALEN. From the Latin, balaena, 

 which is derived from the Greek, 

 phalaina, a whale. Whalebone. 

 The substance put into ladies' cor- 

 sets, and used to form part of the 

 frame of an umbrella. 



BAL^SNA. Latin. A whale. 



BAPTISMAL. From the Greek, baplo, 

 I plunge into water. Rdaung, or 

 belonging to baptism. The name 

 given at the ceremony of baptism, 

 is the baptismal or chri.-tian name. 



BASQUES. The inhabitants of Biscay, 

 a province of Spain, are so called. 



BEZOAR. From the Persian beazahar, 

 antidote. A stone formed in the 

 bodies of certain animals, to which 

 Arabian physicians have attributed 

 great virtues, chiefly that of resist- 

 ing the effects of poison. An an- 

 cient chemical preparation to which 

 the same properties were attributed. 

 Mineral Bezoar, an oxyd of anti- 

 mony. Vegetable bezoar, a stony 

 concretion found in cocoa trees. The 

 word is also applied to other natural 

 etony concretions. 



BILOBED From the Latin, bis, twice, 

 and the Greek lobos, a lobe. Having 

 two lobes. 



BIMANA. From the Latin, bis, twice, 

 and manus, hand. The first family 

 of the class of mammalia. 



BIPED From the Latin, bis, twice, 

 and pes, foot. Animals that walk 

 on two feet are biped. 



BLUBBER. That part of a whale from 

 which the oil is obtained. 



BOREALIS. Latin. Northern. 



Bos. Latin. An ox, a bull. 



BRADYPUS. From the Greek, bradus t 

 slow, and pous, foot. The sloth. 

 (See page 93.) 



BRANCH From the word, Iranca, 

 which is deiived from the Latin, 

 bractiium, an arm. The branches 

 of trees were viewed as their arms 

 Any member or part of the whole; 

 any section or sub-division. The 

 first division of the animal king- 

 dom is into BRANCHES. (See p. 1 6.) 



BRANCHIAE Latin. It is derived 

 from the Greek, bragchos, the 

 throat. The gills of fishes. They 

 are the respiratory organs of fishes, 

 and are very different from lungs, 

 both in their form and structure. 



BUBALUS. Latin. An animal of the 

 genus ox. (See page 120.) 



BUFFALO. Probably derived from the 

 Greek boubulos, the root of which 

 is bous, an ox. 



CACHALOT. French. The spermaceti 

 whale. (See page 128.) 



CAILLETTE. French. A name of the 

 fourth stomach of Ruminating ani- 

 mals, derived from cailler, to cur- 

 dle. The fourth stomach of a calf, 

 is used under the name of rennet, 

 for the purpose of curdling or co- 

 agulating milk. 



CALLOSITY. Hardness, induration, 

 | and thickness of the skin. 

 I CALLOUS. From the Latin, callus, 

 \ hardness. That which is hard, or 

 induraled. 



CAMELEOPARDALIS. From the Greek, 

 kamelos, a camel, and pardalis, a 

 leopard. The ancient name of the 

 Giraffe. 



CAMELUS. Latin. Camel. 



