MAMMALOGY: GLOSSARY. 



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GALEOPITHECUS. From the Greek, 

 gale, a weasel, and pithekos, a mon- 

 key. The name of a tribe of ani- 

 mals. (See page 45.) 



GALLICUS. Latin. G.tllic. French. 



GANGLION. Fro in tin Greek, gang- 

 lion, a knot. Nervous ganglions 

 are enlargements or knots in the 

 course of a nerve. 



GASTEROPODA. From t'ie Greek, v/s- 

 ter, belly, and pous, foot. Name of 

 a genus of molluscous animals that 

 crawl by means of the inferior sur- 

 face of the body. 



GAZELLE, or GAZEL From the Arabic, 

 alghazal, gazelle. A species of an- 

 telope. 



GENUS. Latin. A kindred, breed, 

 race, stock, lineage, or family, 



GENERA. Plural of genus. 



GENERIC. Belonging- or relating to 

 genus. 



GEORY^HUS. From the Greek, ge, the 

 earth, and orusso, I dig. The Lem- 

 ming. (See page 84.) 



GLACIAL. From the Lati i, glades, 

 ice. Belonging or relating to ice. 



GLADIATOR. Latin. A sword-player, 

 a fencer, a swords-rnan. 



GLIS. Latin. Dormouse. 



GRMUS. Latin. Grecian. 



GRAMPUS. From the French, grand- 

 poisson, big fish, pronounced by the 

 Normans, grapois, whence the En- 

 glish word Grampus. An animal 

 of the order of cetacea. 



GRUNNIENS. Latin. Grunting like a 

 hog. 



GUENON. French. An ape. 



GULO. Barbarous Latin. The glutton 



HALICORE. From the Greek, als, the 

 sea, and kore, a maiden. A sea- 

 nymph; a mermaid. 



IlALMATURUs.~From the Greek alma, 

 a leap, and oura, a tail. The Kan- 

 garoo is so called from leaping by 

 the aid of its tail. 



HEMISPHERE From the Greek einisus, 

 half, and sphaira, sphere or globe. 

 One half of a sphere or globe, or 

 globular body ; the brain is divided 

 into two hemispheres. 



HERBACEOUS. From the Latin, herba, 

 an herb. Belonging to herbs. 

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HERBIVORA. Latin. Herbivorous. 



HERBIVOROUS. From the Latin, her- 

 ba, herb or plant, and vorare to e it. 

 Herb-eating. Animals that feed 

 chiefly, or entirely on herbs or 

 plants, are herbivorous. 



HIBERNATE. .From the Latin, hiber- 

 nare, to winter, to be in winter 

 quarters. Anim.ils that retire and 

 sLep throughout the winter are said 

 to hibernate. 



HIBERNATION. The act of hiberna- 

 t ng. Being in winter quarters. 



HIND. A female deer. 



HIPPOPOTAMUS. From the Greek, ip- 

 pox, a horse, and potamos, a river. 

 The river hor=e. 



HIRCUS. Latin. A he go.it. 



HUMERUS. The hone of the arm, 

 which is situate between the shoul- 

 der joint and the elbow. 



HYOID. From the Greek, u, and 

 eidos, lesemblance. Resembling 

 the shape or form of the letter U. 

 The Os hyoides, the hyoid bone, is 

 a very moveable bony arch placed 



. horizontally, in the substance of the 

 soft parts of the neck, at the root 

 of the tongue. It does not articu- 

 late with any other bone of the 

 skeleton, and is only connected to 

 it through the medium of muscles 

 and ligaments. 



HYFSIPRVMNUS. From the Greek, ipsi, 

 high, nndprumnog, behind, extreme. 

 The Potoroo. 



HYSTRIX. From the Greek, ustrix. 

 which is formed of us, a hog, and 

 thrix, a bristle. The Porcupine. 



INCHNEUMON. From the Greek, ich- 

 neud, I pursue, I follow in the track. 

 The Mangouste, or Pharaoh's nt. 



INCISOR. From the Latin, incido, I 

 cut. The teeth which occupy the 

 anterior part of the upper and lower 

 jaws, are called incisors, or incisor 

 teeth, because they are used for 

 cutting the food in the manner of 

 cutting instruments. 



C From the Latin, indicarc 



INDEX. J to point out, to indicate. 



INDICATOR. ] The fore-finger, the in- 

 ^ dex-finger. 



INDICUS. Latin. Indian. 



