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cotype (ko'tip) n. [L. cum, with ; 

 typus, an image.] An additional 

 type specimen, frequently collected 

 in the same place at the same time, 

 or a specimen from a description of 

 which, along with others, the type 

 is drawn up (biol.). 



cover-scales, small scales arranged 

 spirally and developed directly on 

 the axis of a cone of the Coniferae 

 (dot.}. 



covert (kuv'ert) n. [F. couvrir, to 

 cover.] Appl. the feathers cover- 

 ing the bases of the quills in birds. 



cowled (kowld) a. [L. cucullus, a 

 hood.] Furnished with or shaped 

 like a hood. 



coxa (kok'sa) n. [L. coxa, hip.] 

 The proximal joint of an insect 

 leg (zool.). 



coxal (kok'sal) a. [L. coxa, hip.] 

 Pert, the coxa (zool.). 



coxopodlte (koksop'odft) n. [L. coxa, 

 hip ; Gk. pous, a foot.] The proxi- 

 mal part of the protopodite of a 

 crustacean limb (zoo/.). 



crampon (kram'pon) n. [O.H.G. 

 chramph, crooked.] An aerial 

 root, as in the ivy (pot.). 



cranial (kra'nlal) a. [Gk. kranion, 

 the head.] Pert, the skull, or 

 that part which encloses the 

 brain ; appl. nerves, muscles, 

 blood-vessels, bones, etc. 



craniate (kra'nlat) a. [Gk. kranion, 

 the head.] Having a skull (zool.). 



craniology (kra'niol'ojT) n. [Gk. 

 kranion, the head ; logos, dis- 

 course.] The study of the skull 

 (ana/.). 



craniometry (kra'niom'fitri) n. [Gk. 

 kranion, the head ; metron, a 

 measure.] The science of the 

 measurement of skulls. 



cranium (kra'nium) n. [Gk. kranion, 

 the head.] The skull of any craniate, 

 or more particularly, that part en- 

 closing the brain (anat., zool.). 



craspedodromous (kras'pedod'romus) 

 a. [Gk. kraspedon, an edge ; dro- 

 mein, to run.] With nerves running 

 directly from mid-rib to margin 



. (bot.). 



craspedote (kras'pedot) a. [Gk. 

 kraspedon, an edge.] Having a 

 velum (zool.). 



craspedum (kras'pedum) ;/. [Gk. 



kraspedon, an edge.] A mesen- 

 teric filament of sea-anemones 

 (zool.). 



craticular (kratfk'ular) a. [L. crati- 

 cula, a gridiron.] Crate-like ; 

 appl. a stage in the life-history 

 of a diatom where new valves are 

 formed before the old are lost 

 (dot.). 



creatine (kre'atm) n. [Gk. kreas, 

 flesh.] A nitrogenous substance 

 found in the muscles, brain, and 

 blood of vertebrates (phys.). 



creatinine (kreat'inen) n. [Gk. kreas, 

 flesh.] A nitrogenous substance 

 found in muscles and urine (phys.). 



cremaster (kremas'tr) n. [Gk. 

 kremannunai, to hang.] A thin 

 muscle in the spermatic cord 

 (anat.) ; a stout terminal abdominal 

 spine in subterranean insect pupae; 

 the anal hooks for pupae suspension 

 (zool.). 



cremocarp (krSm'okarp) n. [Gk. 

 kremannunai, to hang ; karpos, 

 fruit.] An inferior, dry, indehiscent, 

 two-celled, two-seeded fruit (do/.). 



crenate (kre'nat, krgn'at) a. [L. crena, 

 a notch.] With scalloped margins 

 (bot.). 



crenulated (kren'ulated) a. [Dim. 

 of L. crena, a notch.] With margins 

 minutely crenate (bot.). 



crepis (kre'pis) n. [L. crepis, un- 

 known.] The term appl. the funda- 

 mental spicule by deposition of 

 silica upon which a desma is 

 formed (zool.). 



crepitation (krgplta'shun) . [L. 

 crepare, to crack.] In insects, the 

 discharge with an explosive sound 

 of a fluid (zool.). 



crepuscular (krgpus'kular) a. [L. 

 crepusculum, dusk.] Flying before 

 sunrise or in twilight ; appl. certain 

 insects and birds (zool.). 



crescent (krSs'fint) n. [L. crescere, 

 to grow.] A term appl. various 

 crescentic structures found in 

 glands (anat.). 



crescents of Gianuzzi (janopt'se), 

 small crescent-shaped bodies with 

 polyhedral granular cells lying 

 between the cells and the membrana 

 propria in certain alveoli of the 

 salivary glands (anat.). 



crest (krgst) //. [L. cresla, a crest.] 



