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fossorial (foso'rial; n. [L. fossor, 

 digger.] Adapted for digging ; 

 appl. claws, feet (zool.}. 



fossula (fos'ula) n. [L. fossa, ditch.] 

 A small pit with reduced septa on 

 one side of a corallite cup in the 

 Rugosa (pal.}. 



fossulate (fos'ulat) a. \L. fossa, ditch.] 

 With slight hollows or grooves 

 (zool.}. 



fossulet (fos'ulet) ;/. [L.fo ssa, ditch.] 

 A long narrow depression (zool.}. 



fovea (fo'vea) n. [L. fovea, depres- 

 sion.] A small pit or fossa (anat.} ; 

 a small hollow at the leaf base in 

 Isoetes containing a sporangium 

 (bot.}. 



foveate (fo'veat) a. [L. fovea, de- 

 pression.] Pitted. 



foveola (fove'ola) n. [L.foveola, small 

 pit.] A small pit ; a shallow cavity 

 in bone (anat.} ; a small depression 

 just above the fovea in the leaf of 

 Isoetes (bot.}. 



foveolate (fo'veolat) a. [L. foveola, 

 small pit.] Having regular small 

 depressions (hot., zool.}. 



fragmentation (frag'me'nta'shun) n. 

 [L. frangere, to break.] Division 

 into small portions (biol.} ; nuclear 

 division by simple splitting (biol.}. 



free (fre) a. [A.S. freo, acting at 

 pleasure.] Motile ; unattached ; 

 distinct ; separate. 



frenate (fre'nat) a. [L./renum, bridle.] 

 Having a frenum or frenulum (zool.}. 



frenulum (frgn'ulum) ., frenula 

 (frfin'ula) plu. [L. frenulum, dim. 

 of frenum, bridle.] A fold of mem- 

 brane, as of tongue, clitoris, etc. 

 (anat.} ; a process on the hind- wing 

 of Lepidoptera for attachment to 

 fore-wing ; a thickening of the sub- 

 umbrella of certain Scyphomedusae 

 (zool.}. 



frenum (fre'num) ., frena (fre'na) 

 plu. [L. frenum, bridle.] A fren- 

 ulum ; a fold of integument at 

 junction of mantle and body of 

 Cirripedes, ovigerous in Peduncu- 

 lata (zool.}. 



frond (fr6nd) n. [L. frons, leafy 

 branch.] A leaf, especially of a 

 fern (dot.). 



frondescence (frondSs'e'ns) n. [L. 

 frondescere, to put forth leaves.] 

 Development of leaves (tot.}. 



frons (fronz) n. [L. frons, forehead.] 

 The forehead. 



frontal (frun'tal) a. [L. frons, fore- 

 head.] In the region of the fore- 

 head ; appl. artery, vein, lobe, con- 

 volution, etc. (anat.} ; appl. head- 

 organ of Nemertines ; a prostomial 

 ridge of Polychaetes ; palps of 

 certain Nereids (zool.}. 



frontocerebellar fibres, fibres pass- 

 ing from the frontal region to the 

 cerebellum (phys.}. 



fronto-ethmoidal (frun'to-e'thmoid'al) 

 a. Pert, the frontal and ethmoidal 

 bones ; appl. suture (an<it.}. 



frontonasal (frun'tona'zji 1) a. [L. 

 frons, forehead ; nasum, nose.] 

 Pert, forehead or frontal region 

 and the nose ; appl. ducts and pro- 

 cesses (emo.}. 



frontonasal ducts, ducts connecting 

 the nasal cavities with .the frontal 

 sinuses (anat.}. 



frontosphenoidal (frun'tosfenoid'al) a. 

 [L. frons, forehead; Gk. sphen, 

 wedge.] Pert, frontal and sphenoid 

 bones ; appl. a process of the zygo- 

 matic articulating with the frontal 

 (anat.}. 



fructification (fruk'tiflka'shiin) n. [L. 

 fructus, fruit ; facere, to make.] 

 Fruit formation (bot.}. 



frugivorous (froojiv'orus) a. \L./rux, 

 fruit ; vorare, to devour.] Fruit- 

 eating ; appl. certain animals (zool.}. 



fruit (froot) n. [F. fruit, from L. 

 fructus, fruit.] The fertilized and 

 developed ovary of a plant (bot.}. 



frustule (frus'tul) n. [L. frustulum, 

 a small fragment.] The proto- 

 plasmic cell of a diatom (bot.}. 



frutescent (froot6s'6nt) a. [L.frutex, 

 shrub.] Shrub-like (bot.}. 



frutex (froo'tSks) n. [L. frutex, 

 shrub.] Shrub (bot.}. 



fruticose (froo'tikos) a. [L. frutex^ 

 shrub.] Shrub-like (bot.}. 



fruticulose (frootik'ulos) a. [L.frutex, 

 shrub.] Like a small shrub (bo). 



fucivorous (fusiv'orus) a. [L. fucus, 

 rock-lichen ; vorare, to devour.] 

 Eating seaweed ; appl. certain 

 animals (zool.}. 



fucoid (fu'koid) a. [L. fucus, rock- 

 lichen.] Pert, or resembling sea- 

 weed (bot.}. 



fugacious (fuga'shus) a. [L. fugax, 



