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certain plants which feed on the 

 proteids of entrapped insects (dot.}. 



carotid (karSt'Id) a. [Gk. karos, heavy 

 sleep.] Pert, the chief arteries in 

 the neck (anat., zool.). 



carpale (karpal'a, karpa'le) n. [L. 

 carpus, wrist.] One of the bones 

 of the wrist (anat.). 



carpels (kar'pglz) n.plu. [Gk. karpos, 

 fruit.] The modified leaves which 

 carry the megasporangia (bot.). 



carpocerite (karp5s'6rit) n. [L. carpus, 

 wrist ; Gk. keras, horn.] The fifth 

 joint of the antenna in certain 

 Crustaceans (zool.). 



carpogenous (karpoj'finus) a. [Gk. 

 karpos, fruit ; genos, birth.] Appl. 

 those cells in red Algae which form 

 the carpogonium (hot.). 



carpogonium (kar'pogo'nium) n. [Gk. 

 karpos, fruit ; gignesthai, to be 

 born.] The lower portion of the 

 procarp, in some Thallophytes, 

 which contains the female nucleus 

 (hot.). 



carpolith (kar'pollth) n. [Gk. karpos, 

 fruit ; lithos, stone.] A fossil fruit 

 (bot.). 



carpometacarpus (kar'pome'takar'pus) 

 n. [L. carpus, wrist ; Gk. meta, 

 after.] The portion of the wing 

 skeleton of a bird formed by the 

 fusion of the carpal and meta- 

 carpal bones (zool.). 



carpophagous (karpof'agus) a. [Gk. 

 karpos, fruit ; phagein, to eat.] 

 Feeding on fruit (zool.). 



carpophore (kar'pofor) n. [Gk. karpos, 

 fruit ; pherein, to bear.] The part 

 of the axis of a flower situate 

 between or above the carpels, and to 

 which the carpels are attached (bot.). 



carpophyte (kar'poflt) n. [Gk. karpos, 

 fruit ; phyton, a plant.] Such of the 

 Thallophytes as form sporocarps 

 (hot.). 



carpopodite (karpop'odlt) n. [L. 

 carpus, wrist ; Gk. pous, a foot.] 

 The third joint in the walking leg 

 of certain Crustaceans (zool.). 



carposperm (kar'pospeYm) n. [Gk. 

 karpos, fruit ; sperma, a seed.] The 

 oosphere in certain Thallophytes 

 after fertilization (bot.). 

 carposporangium (kir'posporSn'jTum) 

 n. [Gk. karpos, fruit ; spares, a 

 seed ; anggeion, a vessel.] The 



terminal cells of the filaments that 

 are developed from the fertilized 

 carpogonium in some Thallophytes 

 (bot.). 



carpospore (kar'pospor) n. [Gk. 

 karpos, fruit ; scores, seed.] A 

 spore of those formed at the end 

 of the filaments which are developed 

 from the carpogonium (bot.). 

 carpus (kar'pus) n. [L. carpus, wrist.] 

 The wrist ; the region of the fore- 

 limb between forearm and meta- 

 carpus (anat., zool.). 

 cartilage (kar'tilaj) n. [L. cartilage, 

 cartilage.] Gristle ; a translucent, 

 bluish-white tissue, firm and at the 

 same time elastic, found for the 

 most part in connection with bones 

 of the skeleton, most of which are 

 in the embryo represented by carti- 

 lage (anat., zool.). 



caruncle (karung'kl) n. [L. caruncula, 

 a small piece of flesh.] A naked, 

 fleshy excrescence (anat.). ; a fleshy 

 outgrowth on the heads of certain 

 birds, and on certain caterpillars ; 

 a little horny elevation at the end 

 of the beak of embryo chicks ; the 

 sucking-disc on the tarsi of certain 

 mites (zool.)-, one of outgrowths from 

 various regions of the testa of a 

 seed, arising after fertilization (bof.). 



caryo, see karyo-. 



caryopsis (kar^p'sls) n. [Gk. kar- 

 yon, a nut ; opsis, appearance.] A 

 superior, one-celled, one-seeded, 

 indehiscent fruit with a thin dry 

 membranous pericarp inseparably 

 united with the seed (bot.). 



casein (ka'seln) n. [L. caseus, cheese.] 

 A nucleoalbumin proteid of milk, 

 separated by the action of rennet 

 (Phys.). 



cassideous (kasid'eus) a. [L. cassis, a 

 helmet.] Helmet-like (bot.). 



caste (kast) n. [L. castus, pure.] One 

 of the distinct forms found among 

 certain social insects (zool.). 



castrate (kas'trat) a. [L. castrare, to 

 castrate.] Pert, flowers from which 

 the androecium has been removed 

 (bot.). 



cata-, see kata-. 



catalysis (katal'fsTs) . [Gk. kata, 

 down ; lysis, a loosing.] The 

 acceleration or retardation of a 

 reaction due" to the presence of a 



