466 GLOSSARY. 



FRUGI'VOROUS, feeding on fruits, seeds, &c. Lat. frugcs, fruits 



or corn, and voro, 1 cat. 

 FUR'CULOI, the bone of a fowl known as the " merry-thought." 



Lat. furcula, a little fork. 

 GANGLION, a knot or centre of nervous matter. An original 



Greek word. 

 GANOID, a term applied to a group of fishes, remarkable for 



the shining appearance of their scales. Gr. ganos, splen- 

 dour, and eidos, form. 



GASTERO'PODA, a class of mollusca, which (like the common 

 Snail) have the lower surface of the body expanded into a 



muscular disc, that serves as an instrument for progression. 



Hence the term " belly-footed." Gr. gaster, the belly, and 



pous, the foot. 



GELATINOUS, resembling jelly. 

 GEMMI'PAROUS, producing buds or gems. Lat. gemma, a bud, 



and pario, I produce. 



GEMMULES, little gems or buds. Lat. gemma, a bud. 

 GENUS plural, genera. Lat. A section consisting of one 



species, or a group of species of an indeterminate number, 



agreeing in some common characteristic. 

 GEOMETRIC, in accordance with the rules or principles of 



geometry. 

 GERMS, the apparent commencement or very early stage of 



existence in animal bodies. 

 GLOBULE, a little globe. Lat. globulus. 

 GLOTTIS, an organ situated at the upper portion of the larynx, 



and at the base of the tongue. G r. glotta, the tongue. 

 GRALLATO'RES, an order of birds known as "waders," and 



remarkable in general for the length of their legs, which 



gives them the appearance of being mounted 011 stilts. Lat. 



grallcc, stilts. 

 GRAMINIVOROUS, subsisting on grass. Lat. gramen, grass, and 



voro, I devour. 

 GRAPHICAL, well delineated ; described so as to convey to the mind 



a picture of a certain scene or incident. Gr. graplio, I paint. 

 GREGARIOUS, having the habit of living together in a flock or 



herd. Lat. grcx, gregis, a flock. 

 GYRATION, a turning or whirling round. Lat. gyro, I turn 



round. 

 HABITAT, the locality or situation in which an animal habitually 



lives. 

 HELIANTHOI'DA, an order of Zoophytes, in which the animals in 



their expanded state resemble compound flowers, like the 



sun-flower and marigold. Gr. helios, the sun, anthos, a 



flower, and eidos, form. 

 HEMIP'TERA, an order of four-winged insects, comprising the 



Field-Bugs, the Cicada, and others. The wings are partly 



membranous, and partly of a tougher material, a pecu- 

 liarity which has suggested the name. Gr. htmi, half, and 



pteron, a wing. 



