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GLOSSARY. 



Podurss, spring-tails. 

 Polype, having many feet (tentacles). 

 Polypidom, the abode of polypes. 

 Polyzoa, many animals associated together. 

 Polyzoon, one of the associated animals (Poly- 

 zoa). 



Pores, orifices. 



Prehensile, adapted to lay hold of an object. 

 Pressirqstres, -with flattened beaks. 

 Protrusible, that can be pushed out. 



QUADRUMANA, animals having four 

 hands. 



T) AMIFIED, branched. 

 -TV Raptores, birds of prey. 

 Rectigrades, walking straiglit for^vards. 

 Remora:. sucking-fishes. 

 Resiliency, elasticity, springiness. 

 Retractile, capable of being drawn back. 

 Retina, a delicate network. 

 Rhizopods, root-footed animals. 

 Rhyncophora, insects with long snouts. 

 Rodent, gnawing. 

 Rodentia, gnawing animals. 

 Rotifera, wheel-bearers. 

 Ruminantia, animals tJiat chew the cud. 



SALTATORIA, leaping insects. 

 Saltigrades, progressing by jumps. 

 Saurian, like a lizard. 

 Scansores, climbing birds. 

 Scintillations, sparkles. 

 Sciuridae, squirrels. 

 Scolopendridoe, centipedes. 

 Scutibranchiata, having shielded gills. 

 Segments, divisions. 



Serpute, worms living in twisicd shells. 

 Serricornes, insects with saw-like antenna. 

 Sertularians, sea-wreaths. 

 Sessile, seated upon. 

 Setae, bristles. 

 Setigera, bristle-bearing. 

 Sollipedes, animals with a single hoof. 

 Spiracles, breathing-holes. 

 Squamipennes, having scaly fins. 

 Stenely tra, having short wing-cases. 



Sternum, the breast-bone, the breast. 

 Stomapoda, having feet close to the month, 

 Strepsiptera, insects with twisted wings. 

 Stylopized, infested with stylops. 

 Suctoria, sucking. 



TARSAL, belonging to the foot. 

 Tarsus, the joints of the foot. 

 Tectibranchiata, with covered gills. 

 Tentacles, feelers. 

 Tenuirostres, having slender beaks. 

 Terebellse, boring-worms. 

 Tertiary, the third of a series. 

 Tetramerans, having four joints. 

 Thoracic, belonging to tJie chest. 

 Thorax, the chest. 

 Thysanoura, hairy-tailed. 

 Tibia, the shank, tlie leg-bone. 

 Totipalmatse, completely web-footed. 

 Trachse, air-tubes. 

 Trachelides, having long necks. 

 Trenchant, cutting. 



Trimerans, having three joints in tlie foot. 

 Trochanter, the hip-joint. 

 Tubicula, inhabiting tubes. 



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Nl VALVE, having but one shell. 



VASCULAR, full of blood-vessels. 

 Ventral, belonging to Hie belly. 

 Vermiform, wor7n-shapcd. 

 Vertebrae, the bones of the back. 

 Vertebrata, animals having back-bone. 

 Vesicles, little bladders. 

 Vespiary, a wasp's nest. 

 Viscous, slimy. 

 Viviparous, producing living young. 



V \XOPHAGI, 



yOOPHYTES, plant-like animals. 



