GLOSSARY. 



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property possessed by certain low 

 animals of producing different 

 forms of offspring. 



Dinor'nis (" terrible bird"), an extinct 

 genus of birds found in New Zea- 

 land. 



Dip'noi (pi.) (" double breathing"), a 

 small class of fish-like animals (by 

 many regarded as fishes of a prim- 

 itive type) which have lungs as 

 well as gills. 



Dip'tera (pi.) (" double-wing"), an 

 order of insects which have two 

 wings only, as the house-fly, 



Echinoder'mata (pi.) (" hedgehog- 

 skinned"), a class of sea-animals 

 which have a covering of tough 

 skin. 



Edenta'ta (pi ) (" deprived of teeth"), 

 an order of mammals having no 

 front teeth, as the sloth and ant- 

 eater. 



Entozo'a (pi.) (" within animals"), 

 animals which live within the 

 bodies of other animals. 



Fau'na (" goddess, or nymph, of cat- 

 tle"), the various kinds of animals 

 found in a country. 



Foraminif'era (pi.) ("having an open- 

 ing"), an order of minute animals 

 having shells the chambers of 

 which communicate by means of 

 small perforations. 



Galli'nse (pi.) ("hens"), an order of 

 birds represented by the domestic 

 fowl. 



Gan'oids ("splendid appearance"), 

 fishes distinguished by the angular 

 form of their bony, enamelled 

 scales. 



Gasterop'oda (" belly-footed"), an 

 order of mollusks having under 

 the belly a fleshy disk which serves 

 instead of feet, as the snail. 



Gastrot'richa (pi.) (" hairy-bellied"), a 

 small phylum of worm-like ani- 

 mals, having cilia on the ventral 

 surface. 



Gemma'tion (" budding"), a process 

 of reproduction by which a part of 

 the parent is detached to form the 

 offspring. 



Gephyr'ea (pi.) (" bridge-like"), a class 

 of worm-like Podaxonia, by some 

 writers regarded as true worms, but 

 according to a later view placed 

 near the Polyzoa. 



Hemip'tera (pi.) (" half a wing"), an 

 order of insects whose wings are 

 partly membranous and partly like 

 those of a beetle. 



Histol'ogy (" discourse on webs or 

 tissues"), the minute anatomy of 

 the tissues. 



Hy'brid ("an outrage"), the offspring 

 of parents which belong to different 

 species. 



Hydrozo'a ("water-animals"), a di- 

 vision of the animal kingdom con- 

 taining aquatic animal organisms 

 of a low order of development, in- 

 cluding jelly-fishes. 



Hymenop'tera (pi.) (" membrane- 

 winged"), an order of insects hav- 

 ing four membranous wings, as 

 wasps and bees. 



Hyracoi'dea (pi.) ("hyrax-like ani- 

 mals"), a suborder or group of sub- 

 ungulate mammals, including the 

 hyrax (coney, or daman), the klip- 

 das, and a few other remarkable 

 forms. 



Ichthyol'ogy (" discourse about fish"), 

 the branch of natural history treat- 

 ing of fishes. 



Infuso'ria (" decoction - animals"), 

 microscopic animalcules (protozoa) 

 found in water, and especially in 

 infusions of plants, etc. 



Insectiv'ora (pi.) (" insect-eaters"), 

 an order of small mammals, such 

 as the mole, shrew, and true 

 hedgehog, living chiefly upon in- 



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Isop'oda (pi.) ("equal-footed"), an 

 order of crustaceans having the 



