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crown.] The burr of an antler 

 (zool.}. 



coronoid (kor'onoid) a. [Gk. korax, 

 a crow ; eidos, form.] Shaped like 

 a beak ; appl. processes (anat.}. 



corpora adlposa, the fat bodies of 

 amphibians, attached to the dorsal 

 wall of the body cavity (zool.}. 



corpora cavernosa, erectile masses 

 of tissue, stiffening the anterior 

 surface of the penis (anat., zool.}. 



corpora quadrigemina, four rounded 

 eminences which form the dorsal 

 part of the mesencephalon (anat.}. 



corpus (kor'pus) n., corpora (kor'pora) 

 plu. [L. corpus, a body.] Any 

 fairly homogeneous structure which 

 forms part of an organ (anat.}. 



corpus spcmgiosum, a mass of 

 erectile tissue forming the posterior 

 wall of the penis (anat., zool.}. 



corpuscle (kor'pusl, korpus'l) n. [L. 

 corpusculus, a small body.] A 

 protoplasmic cell, floating freely in 

 some fluid, or embedded in some 

 matrix ; appl. various sensory struc- 

 tures (anat.} ; any small proto- 

 plasmic mass of definite function 

 or shape (bot.}. 



correlation (kSr'gla'shun) n. [L.L. 

 correlatio, relationship.] Similarity 

 or mutual relationship (biol.}. 



corrugator (ko/ooga'tor) a. [L. 

 cum, together ; rugare, to wrinkle.] 

 Wrinkled or wrinkling ; appl. 

 muscles (anat.}. 



cortex (kor'teks) n. [L. cortex, bark.] 

 The extrastelar fundamental tissue 

 of the sporophyte (bot.} ; the outer 

 or more superficial part of an organ 

 (anat.}. 



cortical (kor'tikal) a. [L. cortex, 

 bark.] Pert, the cortex. 



corticate (k&r'tikat) a. [L. cortex, 

 bark.] Having a special outer 

 covering (anat., biol.}. 



corticiferous (kor'tislf'e'rus) a. [L. 

 cortex, bark ; ferre, to carry.] 

 Forming or having a bark-like 

 cortex (bot.}. 



corticostriate (kor'tikostrfat) a. [L. 

 cortex, bark ; stria, a channel.] 

 Appl. fibres which join the corpus 

 striatum to the cerebral cortex 

 (anat.}. 



cortina (k&rtfna) n. [L. cortina, a 

 curtain.] The velum in Agarics (bot.}. 



cortlnate (k&r'tlnat) a. [L. cortina, 

 a curtain.] Having a velum ; of a 

 cobweb-like texture (bot.}. 



Corti's organ, the organon- spirale, 

 placed on the inner portion of the 

 membrana basilaris of the ear 

 (anat.}. 



corymb (kor'imb) n. [Gk. korymbos, 

 a cluster of flowers.] A raceme 

 with lower pedicels elongated so 

 that the top is nearly flat (bot.}. 



corymbose (kor'imbos) a. [Gk. 

 korymbos, a cluster of flowers.] 

 Pert, or like a corymb ; arranged 

 in a corymb (bot.}. 



cosmine (kos'min) n. [Gk. kosmios, 

 regularly.] The outer regular layer 

 of dentine-like material in ganoid 

 scales (zool.}. 



cosmopolite (kozmop'ollt) a. [Gk. 

 kosmos, world ; polites, citizen.] 

 World-wide in distribution (biol.}. 



costa (kos'ta) n. [L. costa, a rib.] A 

 rib ; anything rib-like in shape 

 (anat.} ; anything rib-like, as a ridge 

 on shell, coral, insect-wing (zool.}. 



costal (kps'tal) a. [L. costa, a rib.] 

 Pert, ribs or rib-like structures ; 

 appl. the bony shields of Chelonia ; 

 pert, the primary brachial series in 

 crinoids (zool.} ; pert, a main rib 

 (bot.}. 



costalia (kosta'lia) n. plu. [L. costa, 

 a rib.] The supporting plates in 

 the theca of the Cladoidea (zool.}. 



costate (kos'tat) a. [L. costa, a rib.] 

 With one or more longitudinal ribs 

 (bot.} ; with ridges or costae (zool.}. 



coterminous (koteYminus) a. [L. 

 cum+ with ; terminus, an end.] Of 

 similar distribution (biol.}. 



cotyledon (kot'ile'don) n. [Gk. kotyle, 

 a cup.] The primary or first leaf of 

 an embryonic sporophyte (bot.} ; the 

 definite patches of villi on the 

 placenta of a mammal (zool.}. 



cotyledonary (kot'lle'donari) a. [Gk. 

 kotyle, a cup.] Pert, cotyledons 

 (bot.} ; with cotyledons on the 

 placenta (zool.}. 



cotyloid (kot'floid) a. [Gk. kotyle, a 

 cup ; eidos, form.] Cup-shaped ; 

 pert, the cotyloid cavity (anat.}. 



cotylophorous (kot'ilof'orus) a. [Gk. 

 kotyle, a cup ; pherein, to bear.] 

 With a cotyledonary placenta 

 (zool.}. 



