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MAMMALOGY: GLOSSARY. 



INSECTIVORA. Latin. Insectivorous. 



INSECTIVOROUS. From the Latin, t'n- 

 secta, insects, and vorure, to eat 

 Insect-eating. Animals that feed 

 on insects are insectivorous. 



INTEGUMENT. From the Latin, tegere, 

 to cover. The skin. 



INUUS. (One of the names of Pan, 

 the heathen god of shepherds, and 

 of flocks.) The Barbary ape has 

 received this name. 



ISCHIATIC. From the Greek, ischion, 

 the haunch. Belonging or relating 

 to the haunch. 



KNOBBER. The name of a young 

 stag when the first rudiments of the 

 horns appear in the form of a tuber- 

 cle or knob. 



LABYRINTH From the Latin, Inbyrin- 

 thuS) which is for rued from the Greek, 

 laburintlios, a p'ace full of turnings, 

 the exit of which is not easily dis- 

 coverable. Anatomists have given 

 this name to the aggregate of parts, 

 constituting the internal ear. 



LACERTA. Latin. A lizard. 



LAMANTIN. From the Barbarous Lat- 

 in, manalus, which is formed from 

 manus, a hand. An animal of the 

 Order of Cetacea. (See page 124 ) 



LAMINA. Latin. A plate, or thin 

 piece of metal or bone. 



LAMINAE. Latin. Plural of Lamina. 



LAMINAR. Composed of Laminae. 



LAMELLA. Latin. A little thin plate 

 or piece. 



LAMELLAE. Latin. Plural of Lamella. 



LAMELLAR. Composed of Lamellae. 



LANIGERA. Latin. Lanigerous. 



LANIGEROUS. From the Latin, lana, 

 wool, and -gerere, to bear. Wool 

 bearing. 



LARVA. Latin. A mask. An insect 



* after it has left the egg, and before 



it assumes the form of a crysa'is, 



is called a larva, because in this 



state it is, as it were, masked. 



LARVAE. The plural of larva. 



LARYNX. From the Greek, larugx^a. 

 whistle. The apparatus of voice. 

 It is situate at the superior and an- 

 terior part of the neck ; and at the 

 top of the trachea, with which it 

 communicates. 



LATITUDE. From the Latin, lalitudo, 

 breadth. The extent of the earth 

 reckoned from the equator to either 

 pole. Latitude is measured by de- 

 grees and minutes. The latitude 

 of any place is its distance from 

 the equator towards either pole. 



LEMMUS. Barbarous Latin. A Lem- 

 ming. 



LEMUR. Barbarous Latin. A name 

 given to mammalia of the family 

 of makis and some others. 



LEO. Latin. A Lion. 



LEPUS. Latin. A Hare. 



LETHARGY. From the Greek, lethe, 

 fbrgetfulness, and argos, prompt. 

 A profound and unnatural stupor, 

 which deprives the individual of 

 the use of his senses. Insensibility 

 or indifference to everything. 



LETHARGIC. Belonging or relating 

 to lethargy. 



LIGAMENT. From the Latin ligare,to 

 tie. A name given to fibrous struc- 

 tures, which serve to unite bones, 

 and form articulations. 



LINE. A rope, or cord. The tenth 

 part of an inch. 



LITTER. A brood of young. 



LOR IP. The name ofa kind of monkey. 



LUNGS. The organs of respiration in 

 mammiferous animals. Vulgarly 

 called the lights. 



LUPUS. Latin. A Wolf. 



LUTRA. Latin. An Otter. 



MACACUS. Barbarous Latin. Ma- 

 caque. 



MACAO.UE. French. The Macaco, a 

 species of ape with a tail. 



MACROCEPHALUS, From the Greek, 

 makros, long, big, and kephtle, head. 

 Long or big head. A name of the 

 spermaceti whale. 



MAGOT. French. A baboon. 



MAMMA. Latin. The breast, pap, or 

 teat. 



MAMMAE. Plural of mamma. 



MAMMAL Any animal having teats 

 for suckling its young, is called a 

 mammal. 



MAMMALIA. From mamma, a breast. 

 Animals that suckle their young. 



MAMMALOGY. From the Latin, mam- 

 ma, breast, and the Greek, logos 



