GLOSSARY. 



ABDOMEN, the belly. 

 Abranchia, without gills. , 

 Acalephs, jelly-fishes. 

 Accipitres, birds of prey. 

 Acetabula, sucking-cups. 

 Actiniae, fleshy polypes. 

 Adipose, fat. 



Agglutinated, stuck together. 

 Alcyons, ajamily of compound polypes. 

 Amphibia, breathing both air and water. 

 Amphipoda, having legs of tivo kinds. 

 Anal, belonging to the vent. 

 Aiiguilliformes, eel-shaped. 

 Animalcule, a minute animal. 

 Annelida, ivorms. 

 Annulated, ringed. 



Anomoura, with strangely-shaped tails. 

 Antennae, the feelers of an insect. 

 Anthozoa, a class of flower-like polypes. 

 Aphaniptera, having no visible wings. 

 Apoda, footless. 

 Apodal, without feet. 

 Apterous, without wings. 

 Apteryx, without wings. 

 Arachnida, spiders, scorpions, mites, 6-v. 

 Arborescent, tree-like. 

 Arenicola, a kind of worm. 

 Articulata, having the body composed of rings. 

 Articulated, jointed. 

 Asterias, a star-fish. 

 Avicularia, an appendage like a bird's Jiead. 



BARBULES, little beards. 

 Basal, at or near the base. 

 Batrachian, like 'a frog. 

 Bimanes, having two hands. 

 Biped, having two feet. 

 Bivalve, having two shells. 

 Bombyces, moths. 



Brachelytrous, with short wing-cases. 

 Brachiopoda, arm-footed. 

 Brachyura, short-tailed. 

 Branchiae, gills. 

 Branchial, belonging to the gills. 



/CALLOSITIES, hard portions of skin. 

 V_x Campanularian, bell-shaped. 

 Carapace, the back-covering of a tortoise. 



Carapax, the back-covering of a tortoise. 



Carnivora, flesh-eating animals. 



Carnivorous, flesh-eating. 



Cartilage, gristle. 



Caudal, belonging to the tail. 



Cephalopoda, animals with their feet upon their 



heads. 



Cephalo-thorax, head and body conjoined. 

 Cetacea, wliales. 



Cheiroptera, with wings like hands. 

 Chelae, claws. 

 Chelonian, like a. tortoise. 

 Chondropterygii, having cartilaginous fins. 

 Chrysalids, the pupce of butterflies. 

 Ciliated, covered with vibrating filaments. 

 Cirrhi, long tentacles. 

 Cirri, feelers resembling curls. 

 Cirripidia, barnacles. 

 Citigrades, quick-walkers. 

 Clavicornes, with club-shaped antenna-. 

 Coccidae, the cochineal insects. 

 Cocoon, a silken covering spun by caterpillars. 



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Coleoptera, shield-winged insects. 

 Conchifera, shell-bearing. 



Conchology, the history of molluscous animals. 

 Confervae, microscopic vegetation. 

 Conirostres, Jiaving conical beaks. 

 Contractile, capable of contraction. 

 Coxa, the hip-joint. 

 Cranium, the. skull. 

 Crepuscularia,./?y/ in the twilight. 

 Crustacea, having the body covered -with a hard 



crust. 



Cultrirostres, having coulter-shaped bills. 

 Cursores, runners. 

 Cursoria, running animals. 

 Cuticle, the outer skin. 

 Cyclopteri, with circular fins. 

 Cyclostomes, having circular mouths. 



DECAPODA, having ten feet. 

 Deciduous, falling off. 

 Denticulations, teeth like those of a saw. 

 Dentirostres, tooth-billed. 

 Dermal, belonging to the skin. 

 Dermaptera, having skin-like wings. 

 Diaphragm, a muscular partition. 

 Digitigrades, walking on the toes. 



