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the skull where frontals and parietals 

 meet (anat.). 



brevicaudate (breVik&'dat) a. [L. 

 brevis, short ; cauda, tail.] With a 

 short tail (zool.). 



brevifoliate (breVifo'liat) a. [L. 

 brews, short ; folium, leaf.] Having 

 short leaves (bot.). 



brevillngual (breViling'gwal) a. [L. 

 erems, short ; lingua, tongue.] 

 With short tongue (zool.). 

 breviped (breVipe"d) a. [L. brevis, 

 short ; pes, foot.] Having short 

 legs ; appl. certain birds (zool.). 

 brevipennate (breVipfin'at) a. [L. 

 brevis, short ; penna, feather.] With 

 short wings (zool.). 



brevirostrate (breViros'trat) a. [L. 

 brevis, short ; rostrum, beak.] With 

 short beak or bill, of birds (zool.). 

 brevissimus oculi, the obliquus in- 

 ferior, the shortest muscle of the 

 eye (anat.). 



brochidodromous (brok'idod'romus) a. 

 [Gk. brochos, loop ; dromein, to run.] 

 Appl. nerves in leaves when they 

 form loops within the blade (bot.). 

 bronchia (brong'kiS) n. plu. [Gk. 

 brongchos, tube.] The subdivisions 

 or branches of each bronchus 

 (anat.). 



bronchial (brSng'klal) a. [Gk. brong- 

 chos, windpipe.] Pert, the bronchi. 

 bronchiole (brong'klol) n. [Gk. 

 brongchos, windpipe.] A small 

 terminal branch of the bronchi 

 (anat.). 



bronchopulmonary (brong'kopuTmon- 

 arl) a. [Gk. brongchos, windpipe ; 

 L. pulmo, lung.] Pert, bronchi and 

 lungs (anat.). 



bronchotracheal (brong'kotra'keal) a. 

 [Gk. brongchos, windpipe ; L. 

 trachea, trachea.] Pert, bronchi 

 and trachea (anat.). 

 bronchovesicular (brfing'kove'sik'ular) 

 a. [Gk. brongchos, windpipe ; L. 

 vesicula, little sac.] Pert, bronchial 

 tubes and the lung cells (anat.). 

 bronchus (brfing'kus) ., bronchi 

 (brong'kl, -ke) plu. [Gk. brongchos, 

 windpipe.] Tubes connecting the 

 trachea with the lungs (anat.). 

 brood pouch, a sac-like cavity into 

 which the eggs or embryos are 

 placed, in which they pass a stage 

 of their development ; a space 



formed by overlapping plates 

 attached to the bases of the thor- 

 acic limbs in certain Crustacea 

 (zool.). 



brown body, a brown, rounded mass 

 of compacted degenerate organs 

 in some Polyzoa (zool.). 

 Brownian movements, the passive 

 vibratory movements of fine gran- 

 ules when suspended in a fluid, 

 brown funnels, a single pair of 

 organs on dorsal aspect of posterior 

 end of pharynx, opening posteriorly 

 into the atrium, and anteriorly into 

 the coelom, supposed to be acces- 

 sory excretory organs in Amphioxus 

 (zool.). 



bryology (brlol'oji) n. [Gk. bryon, 

 moss; logos, discourse.] The science 

 dealing with mosses (bot.). 

 bryophyte (bri'ofit) n. [Gk. bryon, 

 moss ; phyton, plant.] Any of the 

 mosses or liverworts (bot.). 

 bryozoon (bri'ozo'on) n. [Gk. bryon, 

 moss ; zoon, animal.] A Polyzoon, 

 so named from the moss-like appear- 

 ance (zool.). 



buccal (buk'al) a. [L. bucca, cheek.] 

 Belonging to the cheek or mouth 

 (anat.). 



buccinator (buk'sina'tor) n. [L. buc- 

 cina, trumpet.] A broad thin muscle 

 of the cheek (anat.). 

 buccolablal (buk'ola'bial) a. [L. bucca, 

 cheek ; labium, lip.] Pert, the 

 mouth cavity and lips (anat.). 

 buccolingual (buk'oling'gwal) a. [L. 

 bucca, cheek ; lingua, tongue.] Pert. 

 cheeks and tongue (anat.) 

 bucconasal (biik'ona'zal) a. [L. bucca, 

 cheek ; nasus, nose.] Pert, cheek 

 and nose ; appl. membrane (anat.). 

 buccopharyngeal (buk'ofaYinje'al, 

 -f&rin'jeal) a. [L. bucca, cheek ; 

 G\a.pharyngx, throat.] Pert, cheeks 

 and pharynx (anat.). 

 bud (bud) n. [M.E. budde, bud.] A 

 rudimentary shoot, or flower (bot.) ; 

 any outgrowth which will develop 

 directly into an exact replica of the 

 structure or organism from which 

 it grew out (zool.). 



budding (bud'fng) n. [M.E. budde, 



bud.] A method of reproduction 



seen in many primitive animals 



(zool.). 



bulb (bulb) n. [L. bulbus, globular 



