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terebratula, &c. 6th Class. Cirrhopoda, 

 from cirrus, a tuft of hair, and rJ: ani- 

 mals which arc commonly called barna- 

 cles and acorn-shells, as the balanus, 

 anatifera, &c. 



DIVISION III. Artictilata. 



1st Class. Annelides or vermes, from 

 annelltis, a small ring, and term is, a worm. 

 Animals having a long cylindrical body 

 divided into ring-like segments, as the 

 leech, sea-mouse, earth-worm, and sand- 

 worm ; worms which cover themselves by 

 means of a slimy secretion that exudes 

 from their surfaces, with a case of small 

 shells and pebbles, like the caddis-worm, 

 or with sand and mud. 2nd Class. Crus- 

 tacea, from crusta, a hard covering. Ani- 

 mals which have a shelly crust covering 

 their bodies, as crabs, shrimps, lobsters, 

 &c. 3rd Class. Arachnida, from ofH5, 

 a spider; as spiders, the leaping spider, 

 the scorpion spider, the mite, &c. 4th 

 Class. Insecta, insects. This class is 

 divided into insects without wings, aptera, 

 and those which have them ; and these 

 are again subdivided, according to the 

 peculiarities of their wings. (1.) Aptera, 

 from a, without, and rri-fjov, wing : as 

 centipedes, the louse, flea, &c. (2.) Coleop- 

 tera, from xo\tos, a sheath or scabbard, 

 and ;TTV: insects which have their 

 wings protected by a cover : as the beetle, 

 corn-weevil, &c. (3.) Orthoptera, from 

 o{8of, straight: as thelocust, grasshopper. 

 (4.) Hemiptera, from SI/MOV, half: insects 

 which have one-half of their wings thick 

 and coriaceous, and the other membran- 

 ous : as the bug, tick, fire-fly. (5.) Neu- 

 roptera, from nu^ov, a nerve* as the 

 dragon-fly, ant-lion, ephemera. (6.) 

 Hymenoptera, from uf&iy, a membrane: 

 as the bee, wasp, ant. (7.) Lepidoptera, 

 from XtT(f,ascale: as the moth, butterfly. 

 (8.) Rhipiptera, from fvris , a fan : as the 

 xenos, stylops. (9.) Diptera, from tts, 

 double : as the house-fly, gnat. 



DIVISION fV. Zoophytes. 



Echinodermata, from i%iyof, a hedge- 

 hog, and S=atta, the skin : as the star-fish, 

 sea-urchin. Entozoa, from IITOS, within, 

 and faov, an animal: as the taenia hyda- 

 tia. Acalephtp, from ctxctXr,<pri, a nettle: 

 as the medusa, polypi, tubipora, sertu- 

 laria, cellularia, flustra, coralline, sponge. 

 Infusoria, from in/undo, I pour in: as 

 monas, vibrio, proteus. 



ANIMALCULE, literally a little animal. 

 This name is applied by naturalists to 

 those minute beings which become appa- 

 rent only by aid of the microscope. They 

 are hence called microscopic animals by 

 tome : and as numerous species arc de- 

 veloped through the medium of infused 



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substances, they are very cojr.mocjy ctO *d 

 infusoria, and under this naimi Cutler 

 places them in his fourth great division ; 

 the radiated or zoophitical animals. 



ANIMAL-FLOWER, an absurd name given 

 to several species of animals of the genus 

 actinia, but especially the nrlica marina, 

 or the sea-nettle and the sea-anemone. 



AMMALIZATION, endowing with proper- 

 ties peculiar to animals ; e. g. the process 

 by which the nutritive part of the food 

 is converted into the various substances 

 which compose the body. Animal sub- 

 stances are the products of animal bodies, 

 chemically considered, which are chiefly 

 characterised by the presence of nitrogen 

 usually combined with carbon, hydrogen, 

 and oxygen. 



AN'IME (Fr.). In heraldry, a term used 

 to denote that the eyes of a rapacious 

 creature are borne of a different tincture 

 from the creature itself. 



AJJ'IMB (Sp.). A transparent amber- 

 coloured resin, exuded from the trunk of 

 a large American tree, called by the 

 Indians courbaril a species of Hymenaea. 

 It is sometimes called gvm-anim. 



ANION, from civet,, upwards, and HfM, 

 to go. A substance which in electrolysis 

 passes to the anode. See ELECTRODE. 



ANISOB'RTOUS, from etviro;, unequal, and 

 jSfi/u, to grow. A term applied to mono- 

 cotyledonous plants, which having only 

 one cotyledon, grow at first with more 

 force on one side of their axis than on the 

 other. 



ANISODAC'TTL^B, } Gr. avirt;, unequal, 



AJJISODAC'TTLES, > and 'bat.xTv^.iit , a toe. 

 The term given by Temminck to ar. order 

 of birds, the toes of which are of unequal 

 length, as in the nuthatch. 



ANISODY'NAMOUS, from etvifos, unequal, 

 and $UV.MS, power. A term applied in 

 botany in the same sense as anisobryous 

 (q- v.;. 



ANISOSTEM'ONOUS, from otvi<ra;, unequal, 

 and fTtifMat, a stamen. A term applied 

 in botany when the stamens in a flower 

 neither correspond with the calyx nor 

 corolla in number or power ; e. g. when a 

 flower having five sepals has three or seven 

 stamens: in such case the stamens are 

 neither equal to the number of sepals nor 

 to any power of their number. 



ANiso'sTOMus,from etvifo;, unequal, and 

 ffTOf&a, a mouth. A term sometimes used 

 to denote that the divisions of a calyx or 

 a corolla are unequal. 



ANISOTOM'ID.E, Or. ettifftf, unequal, and 

 Ttttiaa, to cut. The name of a family of 

 coleopterous insects, having moniliform 

 antenna?, subelongate. slender at the base, 

 and gradually increasing towards the 

 apex with a terminal club-shapea mal- 



