GLOSSARY. 



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Diptera, Juiving two wings. 

 Dorsal, belonging to tJie back. 

 Dorsibranchiata, Jiaving gills upon the back. 



ECHENEIDES, the sucking-fishes. 

 Echinodermata, spiny-skinned animals. 

 Echinus, tlie sea-urchin. 

 Edentata, toothless. 

 Elytra, tlie wing-case of a beetle. 

 Embryo, a bud. 

 Encrinite, a lily-stone. 

 Entomostraca, water-fleas. 

 Entozoa, parasitic ivortns. 

 Ephemera, an evening JJy. 



Euplexoptera, liaving tlie wings beautifully 

 folded. 



FACET, a small surface. 

 Femur, tlie thigh-bone. 

 Fi.ssirostres, ivitk beaks deeply cleft. 

 Foliated, arranged like leaves. 

 Foraminifera,y// of holes. 

 Forcipated, provided with pincers. 

 Fungiae, corals resembling innshro 



ooir.s. 



GADOIDS, fisJies resembling the cod. 

 Gallinaceae, birds resembling barn-door 



fowls. 



Ganglia, masses of nervous, matter. 

 Gasteropoda, belly-footed. 

 Gemmule, a little bud. 

 Geocorysae, land-bugs. 

 Glairy, viscid. 



Grallatores, stilt-legged birds. 

 Granules, small grains. 

 Gymnodonts, having naked teeth. 



HAUSTALLATE, having sucking-mouths. 

 Hemiptera, insects with wings half mem- 

 branous and half leathery. 



Herbivorous, feeding upon herbage. 



Heterogangliata, with brains irregularly 

 placed. 



Heteromerans, insects with dissimilarly-jcinicd 

 legs. 



Heteropoda, with irregularly-shaped legs. 



Homoptera, Jiaving all the wings alike. 



Hydrocorysas, water-bugs. 



Hydrozoa, water-animals. 



Hymenoptera, itisccts with membranous wings. 



TXCISORS, cutting or front teeth. 



-L Inequitales, spiders with irregular wels. 



Inferobranchiata, having gills at the under part 



of the body. 



Infusoria, animals found in infusions. 

 Insecta, insects. 



Insectivora, animals that devour insects. 

 Insectivorous, /ceding upon insects. 

 Integument, covering. 



Invertebrate, animals having no back-bones. 

 Isopoda, having all the legs alike. 



LABRUM, the upper lip cfan insect. 

 Lsemodipoda, ivitk Jeet beneath the throat. 

 Lamellicornes, having foliated antenna'. 

 Lamellirostres, having flattened beaks. 



Laminae, thin plates. 



Laminated, made up of thin plates. 



Larvae, insects in their first state cf existence. 



Laterigrades. walking sideways. 



Lepidoptera, scaly-winged insects. 



Lingua, the tongue. 



Longirostres, having long beaks. 



Lopho-branchi, with tujted gills. 



MACRODACTYLES, having large toes. 

 Madrepores, stony corals. 

 Malacopterygii, _/?$/? with soft fins. 

 Mammalia, quadrupeds that suckle their young. 

 Mandibulate, furnished with jaws. 

 Mandibule, the upper or lower jaw. 

 Marsupialia, animals with pouches. 

 Maxillae, tlie jaws. 

 Maxillary, belonging to the jaws. 

 Melasomes, Jiaving black bodies. 

 Mentum, the chin. 



Monotremata, having but one orifice. 

 Mucus, a slimy fluid. 

 Muridae, the mouse family . 

 Myriapoda, many legs. 



NATATORY, adapted for swimming. 

 Nervures, the framework of an insect's 



wing. 

 Neuroptera, insects having wings with strong 



nenntres. 



Nolonecta, insects that swim on their bttcks, 

 Nudibranchiata, having naked gills. 

 Nymphs, insects in. their second stage of exist- 

 ence. 



OMNIVOROUS, eating all kinds of food. 

 Opercular, belonging to the operculum. 

 Operculum, a little dcor. 

 Ophiuridae, snake-tails. 



Orbiteles, spiders that construct circular webs. 

 Orthoptera, insects with straight wings. 

 Osseous, bony. 

 Oviparous, laving eggs. 

 Ovipositor, egg-layer. 



PACHYDERMATA, thick-skinned animals. 

 Palmipedes, web-footed birds. 

 Palpi, feelers. 



Palpicornes, with sensitive horns. 

 Parasita, inhabiting other animals. 

 Passerinae, resembling sparrozvs. 

 Pectinated, comb-sliapcd. 

 Pectinibranchiata, having comb-like giUs. 

 Pectorals, situated on the breast. 

 Pedicles, foot-stalks. 

 Peduncle, a stalk, a little stem. 

 Pelvis, the bony framework of the hips. 

 Pennatula, like little feathers. 

 Pentamerans, insects luiving five joints in their 



feet. 



Perennibranchiata, Juiving permanent gills. 

 Phalenae, moths. 

 Pholades, boring shell-fish. 

 Placental, having a placenta. 

 Plagiostomes, broad-mouthed fisJies. 

 Planarias, fiat-shaped worms. 

 Plantigrade, walking on the sole of the foot. 

 Plastron, the breast-shield of a tortoise. 

 Pleuronectes, swimming on cue side. 



