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family (fam'ili) n. [L.famih'a, house- 

 hold.] Term used in classification, 

 signifying one group of an Order 

 (biol.). 



fan (fan) n. [A.S./a#,fan.] A bird's 

 tail feathers (zool.}. 



fang (fang) n. [A.S. fang, grip.] A 

 long-pointed tooth, especially the 

 poison tooth of snakes (zool.) ; the 

 root of a tooth (anat.). 



faradisation (far'adiza.'shun) n. [Fara- 

 day, electrician.] Method of stimu- 

 lation inducing partial or complete 

 tetanus (phys.). 



farina (fare'na, fari'na) n, [L. farina, 

 flour.] The pollen of plants (bot.) ; 

 the fine mealy-like powder found 

 on some insects (zool.). 



farinaceous (far'ina'shus) a. [L. 

 farina, flour.] Covered with fine 

 mealy-like dust (zool.). 



farinose (far'inos) a. {L. farina, flour.] 

 Covered with fine powder or dust 

 (bot., zool.). 



fascia (fas'ia, fash'ia) n. [L. fascia, 

 band.] An ensheathing band of 

 connective tissue (anat.). 



fascial (faYial, fash'ial) a. [L. fascia, 

 bundle.] Pert, a fascia, ensheathing 

 and binding (anat.). 



fasciated (fas'ia'ted, fash'ia'tgd) a. [L. 

 fascia, bundle.] Banded (zool.} ; 

 arranged in fascicles ; appl. stems 

 or branches malformed and flattened 

 (bot.). 



fascicle (fas'ikl) n. [L. fasciculus, 

 dim. of fascia, bundle.] A small 

 bundle or tuft, as of fibres (ana/.) 

 or of leaves (bot.). 



fascicular (fasik'ular) a. [L. fascicu- 

 lus, dim. of fascia, bundle.] Pert. 

 a fascicle ; arranged in bundles or 

 tufts ; appl. cambium, tissue (bot.). 



fasciculus (fasik'ulus) n. {L. fascicu- 

 lus, little bundle.] A fascicle ; the 

 direct pyramidal tract (anat.). 



fasciola (fasl'ola) n. [L. fasciola, a 

 small bandage.] A narrow colour 

 band (zool.} ; a delicate lamina con- 

 tinuous with the dentate gyrus 

 (anat.). 



fascicle (fas'iol) n. [L. fasciola, a 

 small bandage.] A ciliated band 

 on certain Echinoids for sweeping 

 fresh water over the surrounding 

 parts (zool.}. 



fastigiate (fastij'iat) a. [L. fastigare. 



to slope up.] With branches parallel 

 and erect (hot.} ; in pyramidal or 

 conical form (zool.}. 



fat (fat) n. [A.S.faett, fat.] Adipose 

 tissue ; any part of animal tissue 

 which has its cells filled with a 

 greasy or oily reserve material 

 (Phys.}. 



fatigue (fateg') n. [L. fatigare, to 

 weary.] The effect produced by 

 long stimulation on the cells of an 

 orga"n (phys.). 



fauces (fosez) n. plu. [L. fauces, 

 throat.] The upper or anterior part 

 of the throat between palate and 

 pharynx (anat.} ; the mouth of a 

 spirally coiled shell (zool.}. ; the 

 throat of a corolla (dot.}. 



fauna (fon'a) n. {L.faunus, a god of 

 the woods.] All the animals 

 peculiar to a country, area, or period 

 (biol.}. 



faunal region, an area characterized 

 by a special group or groups of 

 animals (zool.}. 



favella (favgl'a) n. [L. favus, honey- 

 comb.] A conceptacle of certain 

 red Algae (bot.}._ 



faveolate (fave'olat) a. [L. faveolus, 

 dim. of 'favus, honeycomb.] Honey- 

 combed or alveolate. 



faveolus (fave'6'lus) n. [L. faveolus, 

 small honeycomb.] A small de- 

 pression or pit ; alveola (hot.}. 



favose (favos') a. [L. favus, honey- 

 comb.] Like a honeycomb ; alveo- 

 late (dot.). 



feather-veined, appl. leaf in which 

 the veins run out from the mid-rib 

 in a regular series at an acute angle 

 (bot.). 



feces, see faeces. 



fecundity (fekun'diti) n. [L.fecundus, 

 fertile.] Power of a species to 

 multiply rapidly (biol.}. 



female (fe'mal) n. [L.femina, woman.] 

 A pistillate flower (bot.) ; a female 

 animal, i.e. an egg-producing or 

 young- producing animal (zool.) 

 symbol %. 



female pronucleus, the nucleus left 

 in the ovum after maturation. 



femoral (fgm'oral) a. [L. femur, 

 thigh.] Pert, the thigh; appl. artery, 

 vein, nerve, etc. ; crural (zool}. 



femur (fe'mur) n. {L. femur, thigh.] 

 The proximal bone of the hind 



