MAMMALOGY: GLOSSARY. 



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a beak or muzzle. The name of an 

 animal. (See page 9 6.) 



OURANG-OUTANG. From the Malay, 

 ourang, a reasonable being, a man, 

 and outang, wild. The wild-man. 



OVIPAROUS. From the Latin, ovum, 

 an egg, and parere, to bring forth. 

 Animals that multiply by means of 

 eggs, are oviparous. 



Ovrs. Latin. A Sheep. 



PACHYUERMATA. From the Greek, 

 pachus, thick, and derma, skin. 

 The name of a family of animals. 



PALMAR. From the Latin, palma, the 

 palm. Belonging or relating to the 

 palm of the hand. 



PALMATE. Having the toes united by 

 a membrane. 



PAPILLA. Latin. A nipple. A name 

 given to small eminences, which 

 appear to be formed by the ulti- 

 mate expansion of the vessels and 

 nerves. 



PAPILLA. Plural of Papilla. 



PARACHUTE. From the Greek, para, 

 against, and the French, chute, a 

 fall. A machine, somewhat in the 

 form of the top of an umbrella, 

 used to moderate the descent of 

 those who ascend in balloons, and 

 guarantee them against the effects 

 of a sudden fall. 



PARADOXUS. Latin. Strange, won- 

 derful, unusual. 



PARASITE. From the Greek, para, 

 near, and sitos, corn. One who is 

 near the food. A hanger-on. 



PARDUS. Latin. A Panther. 



PARIETES. From the Latin, paries, a 

 wall. A name given to parts, which 

 form the inclosure the limits of 

 different cavities of the body. 



PARIETAL (protuberances.) The emi- 

 nences in the middle part of the 

 parietal banes, which form the up- 

 per and lateral parts of the head. 



PAUNCH The first stomach of Ru- 

 minants. 



PEDIMANA From the Latin, pes, 

 pedis, a foot, and manus a hand. 

 A family of mammals that have 

 a thumb on the hind feet, which 

 fits them to perform the office of 

 hands. 



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PEGASUS. In Greek, pagasos, formed 

 irom pege, a fountain. The celebra- 

 ted winged horse of the poets, which, 

 by a single kick caused the foun- 

 tain of Hippocrene to gush forth on 

 Mount Helicon. The genius of 

 poetic inspiration. 



PELTRY. From the Latin, pellis, a 

 skin, a hide. A name given to des- 

 ignate all kinds of skins collective- 

 ly that are dressed with the hair 

 and fur upon them. 



PELVIS. Latin. A basin. The name 

 of the bony structure at the lower 

 part of the trunk, which forms the 

 inferior boundary of the abdomen, 

 gives support or place of foundation 

 to the spinal column, and affords 

 points of articulation for the thigh 

 bones, constituting the hip joint. 



PEMMECAN. The name given by cer- 

 tain North American Indians to the 

 muscular fibre of beasts, after it 

 has been dried and powdered with- 

 out the addition of any salt. This 

 article has the quality of remaining 

 good, and fresh for a long time, and 

 is used by voyagers and travellers 

 as a convenient article of diet, form- 

 ing, when boiled in water, a fresh, 

 nutritious soup. The best pemme- 

 can is made of the flesh of the buf- 

 falo. The flesh of the musk ox is 

 also prepared in this way. 



PENDENT, (or pendant) From the Lat- 

 in, pcndo, I hang. Hanging. 



PETROUS. From the Greek, petra, 

 a rock, a stone. A part of the tem- 

 poral bone, which contains the in- 

 ternal organs of hearing, is so called 

 from resembling a stone in hardness. 



PHALANGES. The plural of Phalanx. 



PHALANX. From the Greek, phalagx, 

 a file of soldiers. The bones com- 

 posing the fingers and toes. They 

 are named first, second, and third 

 phalanges. 



PHALANGER. The name of an animal 

 which is remarkable for the singu- 

 lar conformation of its phalanges. 

 (See page 74.) 



PHALANGISTA. Latin. Phalangers. 



PHARAONIS. Latin. Relating or be- 

 longing to Pharaoh. 



