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head.] Enlarged or swollen at 

 the tip (zool.) ; gathered together 

 into a mass at the apex, as in some 

 inflorescences (dot.). 



capitellum (kap'iteTum) n. [L. caput, 

 the head.] An articulatory pro- 

 tuberance at the end of a bone, 

 e.g. on the humerus for the articula- 

 tion of the radius (anat.). 



capitulum (kaplt'ulum) n. [L. caput, 

 the head.] A knob-like swelling 

 at the end of a bone (anat.) ; the 

 part of the body of a Cirripede 

 enclosed in the mantle as opposed 

 to the peduncle ; the swollen end 

 of a hair or tentacle ; the enlarged 

 end of an insect proboscis ; the 

 exsert part of the head in ticks 

 (zool.) ; an inflorescence of sessile 

 flowers or florets crowded together 

 on a receptacle and usually sur- 

 rounded by an involucre (hot.). 



capreolate (k&pre'olat, k&p'reolat) a. 

 [L. capreolus, a tendril.] Supplied 

 with tendrils (dot.). 



capsule (kap'sul) n. [L. capsula, a 

 little box.] A sac-like membrane 

 enclosing either the whole or a 

 part of an organ (anat., zool.) ; any 

 closed box-like vessel containing 

 spores, seeds, or fruits (dot.). 



capsuliferous (kap'sulif'grus) a. [L. 

 capsula, a little box ;ferre, to carry.] 

 With or forming a capsule (biol., 

 anat). 



capsuligerous, capsulogenous, cap- 

 suliferous. 



caput (kap'ut) n. [L. caput, the head.] 

 Head ; a knob-like swelling at the 

 apex (anat., zool.). 



carapace (kaYapas) n. [S p. carapacho, 

 covering.] A shield covering the 

 whole or part of the back of certain 

 animals, it may be chitinous or 

 bony (zool.). 



carbohydrates (kar'bohl'drats) n. plu. 

 [L. cardo, coal ; Gk. hydros, water.] 

 Compounds of carbon, hydrogen, 

 and oxygen, generally speaking alde- 

 hyde or ketone alcohols, or con- 

 densation products thereof (dial.). 



carbon dioxide (kar'b6n dlok'sid) n. 

 [L. cardo, coal ; di, two ; Gk. oxys, 

 sharp.] Carbonic acid gas ; a heavy, 

 colourless gas produced by the de- 

 composition of organic substances 

 (phys.). 



carboniferous (kar'bonif'e'rus) a. [L. 

 cardo, coal ; ferre, to carry.] Pert. 

 the entire period of the coal 

 measures, or fossils found in these 

 strata (pal.). 



carcerule (kar'sSrool) n. [L. career, 

 a prison.] A superior, dry, many- 

 celled fruit, with indehiscent one- 

 or few-seeded carpels cohering by 

 their united styles to a central axis 

 (dot.). 



carcinology (kar'sinol'ojl) n. [Gk. 

 karkinos, a crab ; logos, discourse.] 

 The study of the group of animals 

 known as Crustacea (zool.). 



cardiac (kaYdiak) a. [Gk. kardia, the 

 heart.] Pert, near or supplying 

 the heart ; appl. sinus, artery, etc. 

 (anat.). 



cardiac impulse, the motion caused 

 by the rapid increase in the tension 

 of the ventricle (phys.). 



cardinal (kaVdmal) a. [L. cardo, a 

 hinge.] Pert, the hinge of a bivalve 

 shell, or to the cardo of many 

 insects (zool.). 



cardinal sinuses and veins, veins 

 uniting in Cuvier's duct, persistent 

 in most fishes, embryonic in other 

 vertebrates (zool.). 



cardo (kar'do) n. [L. cardo, a hinge.] 

 The hinge of a bivalve shell ; the 

 basal joint of the maxilla in insects 

 (zool.). 



carina (karl'na, kare'na) n. [L. carina, 

 keel.] A keel-like ridge on certain 

 bones, as the breast-bone of birds ; 

 the median dorsal plate of a barnacle 

 (zool) ; the portion of a leguminous 

 flower in which the stamens and 

 pistils are contained ; a ridge on 

 the bracts of certain grasses (dot.). 



carinate (kar'Inat) a. [L. carina, a 

 keel.] Having a ridge or keel 

 (dwl.). 



cariniform (karm'if6rm) a. [L. carina, 

 a keel ; forma, shape.] Keel- 

 shaped (dial.). 



carnassial (karnas'ial) a. [L. caro, 

 flesh.] Pert, cutting teeth of carni- 

 vores, the fourth premolar above 

 and the first molar below, in the 

 upper the protocone is reduced, in 

 the lower the metaconid (zool.). 



carnivorous (karniv'orus) a. [L. caro, 

 flesh ; vorare, to devour.] Flesh- 

 eating ; appl. carnivores (zool.), and 



