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conuli (kon'ull) n. plu. [Gk. konos, a 

 cone.] The tent-like projections on 

 the surface of certain Sponges caused 

 by the principal skeletal elements 

 (tool.). 



conus (ko'nus) n. [Gk. konos, a cone.] 

 Any cone-shaped structure, as the 

 conus arteriosus, a structure between 

 the ventricle and aorta in fishes and 

 amphibians (zool.) ; thediverticulum 

 of the right ventricle from which the 

 pulmonary artery arises ; conus 

 medullaris, the tapering end of the 

 spinal cord (anat.). 



convergence (k6nv6r'j6ns) n. [L. 

 convergere, to incline together.] 

 The development of similar char- 

 acters in organisms belonging to 

 different groups (biol.). 



convolute (kon'volut) a. [L. cum, 

 together ; volvere, to wind.] Rolled 

 together ; appl. leaves and coty- 

 ledons (hot.) ; appl. shells in which 

 the outer whorls overlap and con- 

 ceal the inner (zool.). 



convolution (kon'volu'shun) n. [L. 

 cum, together ; volvere, to wind.] 

 A coiling or twisting, as of the 

 brain, the intestine (anat). 



coprodaeum (kop'rode'um) n. [Gk. 

 kopros, dung ; odos, a way.] The 

 division of the cloaca which receives 

 the rectum (zool.). 



coprolite (kop'rollt) n. [Gk. kopros, 

 dung ; lithos, a stone.] Petrified 

 faeces. 



coprophagous (koprof'agus) a. [Gk. 

 kopros, dung ; phagein, to eat.] 

 Feeding on dung ; appl. insects. 



copula (kSp'ula) n. [L. copula, a 

 bond.] A ridge in the development 

 of the tongue formed by the union 

 of the ventral ends of the second 

 and third arches (anat.). 



copularium (kop'ula'rium) n. [L. 

 copula, a bond.] A cyst formed in 

 gregarines round two associated 

 gametocytes (zool.). 



copulation (kop'ula'shun) n. [L. 

 copula, a bond.] Sexual union ; 

 coition (biol.). 



coracoid (ko/akoid) a. [Gk. korax, a 

 crow ; euios, form.] Pert, the bone or 

 process in the pectoral girdle (zool.). 



coracoid bone, the part of the pectoral 

 girdle between scapula and sternum 

 (zool.). 



coracoid ligament, the ligament 

 which stretches over the supra- 

 scapular notch (zool.). 



coracoid process, the rudimentary 

 coracoid element in most mammals 

 fused to the scapula (zool.). 



coralliferous (kor'alif'erus) a. [Gk. 

 korallion, coral ; L. ferre, to bear.] 

 Coral - fo rmin g ; made of coral 

 (zool.). 



coralline (kor'alin) a. [Gk. korallion, 

 coral.] Resembling a coral ; appl. 

 Hydroids and Polyzoa ; composed 

 of coral (zool.) ; appl. certain Algae 

 (bot.). 



corallite (kor'allt) n. [Gk. korallion, 

 coral.] Cup of a single polyp of 

 coral (zool.). 



coralloid (kor'aloid) a. [Gk. korallion, 

 coral ; eidos, form.] Resembling, 

 or branching like a coral (biol.). 



corallum (koral'um) n. [Gk. korallion, 

 coral.] The skeleton of a compound 

 coral (zool.). 



corbicula (korbik'ula) n. [L. corbis, a 

 basket] The pollen apparatus of 

 a bee ; the fringe of hair on the 

 tibia (zool.). 



corbula (kor'bula) n. [L. corbis, a 

 basket.] The phyllactocarp of 

 Aglaeophenia, etc., a stem with 

 alternate branches rising upwards 

 and forming a pod-like structure 

 (zool.). 



cord (k&rd) n. [Gk. chorde, a cord.] 

 Any chord-like structure, as spinal, 

 spermatic cord (anat.). 



cordate (k&r'dat) a. [L. cor, the 

 heart.] Heart-shaped (bot.). 



cordiform (k6r'dlform) a. [L. cor, the 

 heart ; forma, shape.] Heart-shaped 

 (biol.). 



cordiform tendon, the central apo- 

 neurosis of the diaphragm (anat.). 



cordylus (k&r'dilus) n. [Gk. kordyle, 

 a swelling.] An intertentacular 

 exumbral structure with core of 

 vacuolated cells and flattened ecto- 

 derm (zool). 



coriaceous (ko'ria'shus) a. [L. corium, 

 leather.] Leathery ; appl. leaves 

 (bot.). 



corium (ko'rium) n. [L. corium, 

 leather.] The middle division of 

 an elytron (zool.) ; the deeper-seated 

 layer of the skin, consisting of a 

 vascular connective tissue [(anat.). 



