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REGURGITATE. From the Latin, re, 

 again, and gurges, a gulf, whirl- 

 pool, or stream. 

 The word is used 

 return of food to the mouth in ru- 



To throw back, 

 to describe the 



ru- 

 the 



minants after 

 swallowed. 



it has been once 



RUMINATE, To chew the cud. 



RUMINATION From the Latin, 

 minatio, the act of chewing 

 cud. 



RUMINANT. An animal that chews 

 the cud. 



RUMINANTIA. The systematic name 

 of animals that ruminate. 



RUPICAPRA. From the Latin, rupes, a 

 rock, and capra, a goat. The sys- 

 tematic name of the chamois. 



SAGOUIN. French. A marmoset. A 

 sort of monkey. All American 

 monkeys whose tails are not pre- 

 hensile, are so called. 



SAJOU, French. A species of mar- 

 moset. 



SAKI. A sort ot monkey. 



SALIVA. Formed from the Latin, so?, 

 salt. Spittle. An inodorous, trans- 

 parent, slightly viscid fluid, which 

 is secreted by several glands, and 

 poured into the mouth through 

 their respective duels. It consists 

 of water, mucus, a particular ani- 

 mal matter and salts of soda and 

 potash. Its use is to assist in the 

 process of digestion, by mixing 

 with the alimentary ball during 

 mastication. 



SALIVARY. Belonging or relating to 

 saliva. 



SAPAJOU. French. A species of mon- 

 key. 



SARIGUE. French. An Opossum. 



SAURIA. From the Greek, sauros, a 

 lizard. The name of an order of 

 reptiles with long, scaly bodies, and 

 long tails, resembling a lizard. 



SCAPULA. The shoulder blade. 



SCIURUS. Latin. A Squirrel. 



SCROPHA, or Scrofa. Latin. A Sow. 



SEMNOPITHECUS. From the Greek, 

 semnos, venerable, and pithekos, a 

 monkey. (See page 38.) 

 rows. The matter thrown out, or <SEROTINUS. Latin. Belonging or re- 



REGURGITATION. The act of throwing 

 back into the mouth food that has 

 been swallowed. 



RENNET. The fourth stomach of ru- 

 minants. When the fourth stomach 

 of the calf is salted and dried, it 

 possesses the property of coagula- 

 ting milk, when a portion of it is 

 soaked in water, and the infusion 

 is added to the milk. 



REPTILE. From the Latin, repere, to 

 crawl. An animal that crawls, that 

 draws itself along on its belly, like 

 worms and serpents. By extension, 

 an animal that has feet so short that 

 it seems to crawl rather than walk. 



RESPIRATION. From the Latin, res- 

 piio, I take breath. A functioi 

 proper to animals, the object of 

 which is, to place the materials of 

 the blood in contact with atmos- 

 pheric air, in order that it may ac- 

 quire the vivifying qualities that 

 belong to arterial blood. 



RETICULUM. The second stomach of 

 ruminants. 



RHINOCEROS. From the Greek, n'n, a 

 nose, in the genitive rinos, and 

 keras, a horn. The name of an 

 animal from its having a horn on 

 the nose. 



RHINOLOPHUS. From the Greek, n'n, 

 in the genitive, rinos, a nose, and 



lophos, a tuft or crest, 

 of a kind of bat. 



The name 



RIDDANCE. A word employed to des- 

 ignate the refuse matter thrown out 

 by animals in digging their .bur- 



delivered by a saw, in its passage 

 throug-h any substance, may, per- 

 haps, be thus designated. 



RODENTIA. From the Latin, rodere, 

 to gnaw. The systematic name of 

 an order of mammals. 



RUMEN. The paunch, or first stom- 

 ach of ruminants. 



lating to the evening 

 SIMIA. L;itin. A Monkey. 

 SINUOUS. Relating or belonging to a 



sinus. Partaking of the nature of 



a sinus. 

 SINUS. Any cavity, the interior of 



which is more expanded than the 



entrance. 



