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GLOSSARY. 



late : a letter formed by the aid of 

 the palate. 



Pal'atine (Lat. pala'tum, the roof of 

 the mouth). Belonging to the 

 palate. 



Pal'atine (Lat. pala'tium, a palace). 

 Belonging to a palace : having royal 

 privileges : counties palatine, in 

 England, were Chester, Durham, 

 and Lancaster, over which the pro- 

 prietors the Earl of Chester, 

 Bishop of Durham, and Duke of 

 Lancaster formerly possessed 

 rights equal to those of the king. 



Pala'to-. In anatomy, a prefix in 

 compound words, signifying connec- 

 tion with the palate. 



Pa'lea (Lat. chaff). A name given 

 to a part of the flowers of grasses ; 

 also to the small scaly plates in 

 the receptacle of some composite 

 flowers. 



Palea'ceous (Lat. pa'lea, chaff). Re- 

 sembling chaff ; covered with small 

 membraneous scales. 



Palim'psest (Gr. ira\iv, pal'in, again ; 

 \l/aw, psao, I rub). A sort of 

 parchment from which anything 

 written might be rubbed out, so 

 that it might be again written on. 



Pallia! (Lat. pallium, a mantle). 

 Belonging to the pallium or mantle. 



Palliobranchia'ta (Lat. pal' Hum, a 

 mantle ; Gr. fipayx"*., bran'chia, 

 gills). A class of molluscous in- 

 vertebrate animals, having the 

 branchiae arranged on the inner 

 surface of the mantle. 



Pallium. (Lat. a mantle). In zoology, 

 the fleshy covering lining the in- 

 terior of the shells of bivalve 

 mollusca, and covering the body of 

 the animal. 



Pal'macites (Lat. palma, a palm- 

 tree). Fossil remains which bear 

 an analogy or resemblance to the 

 existing palms. 



Pal'mar (Lat. palma, the palm of the 

 hand). Belonging to the palm. 



Pal'mate (Lat. palma, the palm). 

 Resembling a hand with the fingers 

 spread ; in botany, applied to 

 leaves divided into lobes to about 

 the middle. 



Palmat'ifid (Lat. palma, the palm ; 



findo, I cleave). Divided so as to 

 resemble a hand. 



Pal'miped (Lat. palma, a palm ; pes, 

 a foot). Web-footed ; applied to 

 an order of birds having the toes 

 connected by a membrane for the 

 purpose of swimming, as the pen- 

 guin, petrel, pelican, swan, goose, 

 duck, &c. 



Palpa'tion (Lat. palpo, I feel). Feel- 

 ing : examination by means of the 

 sense of touch. 



Pai'pebra (Lat.). An eyelid. 



Pal'pebral (Lat. pal'pebra, an eye- 

 lid). Belonging to the eyelids. 



Palpi (Lat. palpo, I feel). Feelers : 

 jointed filaments attached to the 

 heads of insects and some other 

 animals. 



Palu'dal (Lat. palus, a marsh). Be- 

 longing to or caused by emanations 

 from marshes. 



Pam'piniform (Lat. pam'pinus, a 

 tendril ; forma, shape). Lite a 

 tendril. 



Pan-, Pant-, or Panto- (Gr. tras, 

 pas, all). A prefix in compound 

 words, signifying all, or every 

 thing. 



Panace'a (Gr. irav, pan, all ; ct.Keofj.ai, 

 dUeomai. I cure). A medicine 

 supposed to cure all diseases. 



Pan'ary (Lat. panis, bread). Relat- 

 ing to bread ; formerly applied to 

 the fermentative process which 

 takes place in the making of bread. 



Pan'creas (Gr. irav, pan, all ; /cpeas, 

 Icreas, flesh). A narrow flat gland 

 extending across the abdomen 

 under the stomach, and secreting a 

 fluid which aids in the digestion of 

 food. 



Pancreat'ic (Pan'creas). Belonging 

 to or produced by the pancreas. 



Pandemic (Gr. irav, pan, all ; Srj/toy, 

 demos, people). Attacking a whole 

 people. 



Pan'durifonn (Lat. pandura, a 

 fiddle ; forma, shape). Shaped 

 like a fiddle ; applied, in botany, 

 to leaves which are contracted in 

 the middle and broad at each end. 



Panicle (Lat. panic'ula, the down 

 upon reeds). A form of inflores-. 

 cence, consisting of spikelets on 



