LIST OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 291 



cil'-i-a (Lat. sing, cilium, an eyelash). 



cir-cum-o'-ral (Lat. circum, around, and os, om, mouth). 



cir-cum-val'-late (Lat. circumvallare, to surround with a wall). 



clav'-i-cle (Lat. clavicula, a little key), the collar bone. 



cli-tel'-lum (Lat. clitellce, a pack saddle). 



clo-a'-ca (Lat. cloaca, a sewer). 



co-a-lesce' (Lat. con, with, and alescere, to grow up), unite; fuse' join. 



Cce-len-te-ra'-ta (Gr. koilos, hollow, and enteron, intestine). 



coe'-li-ac (Gr. koilia, belly), pertaining to the abdomen. 



Co-le-op'-te-ra (Gr. koleon, a sheath, and pteron, a wing). 



col-u-mer-la (Lat. dim. of columen, a column) . 



com'-mis-sure (Lat. cominisura, a joining together). 



con-cen'-tric (Lat. con, together with, and centrum, center), having a 

 common center. 



con'-dyle (Lat. condylus, from Gr. kondos, a head or knob). 



con-ju-ga'-tion (Lat. con, together, and jungere, to join). 



con-tour' (Fr. contour, outline). 



con-tract'-ile (Lat. con, together, and trahere, to draw). 



cor'-a-coid (Gr. korax, a crow, and eidos, form : from a fancied resem- 

 blance of the human coracoid process to a crow's beak). 



cor'-ne-a (Lat. corneus, horny). 



cor'-pus-cle (Lat. dim. of corpus, body). 



cos'-ta (Lat. costa, a rib). 



cov'-erts (Lat. con, with, and operire, to cover). 



cox'-a, pi. coxce (Lat. coxa, the hip). 



cra'-ni-um (Gr. kranion, skull), the brain case. 



cre-mas'-ter (Gr. kremaster, a suspender) . 



crib'-ri-form (Lat. cribrum, a sieve, and forma, form). 



cri'-coid (Gr. krikos, a ring, and eidos, form). 



cris'-sum (Lat. crisso, to move the haunches), the under tail coverts of 

 a bird ; feathers around the cloaca. 



crys'-tal-line (Lat. crystallum; Gr. krustallos, ice, crystal). 



cu'-bi-tus (Lat. cubitus, elbow). 



cul'-men (Lat. culmen, from celsus, lofty). 



der'-mis (Gr. derma, skin), cutis. 



dex'-tral (Gr. dexiteros, pertaining to the right hand) . 



di'-a-phragm (Gr. dia, through, and phrassein, to fence or inclose). 



dif-fer-en-ti-a'-tion (Lat. dis, apart, audferre, to carry). 



di-gest' (Lat. digerere, to separate, to dissolve). 



dig'-it (Lat. digitus, a finger) . 



dig'-i-tate (Lat. digitus, a finger), having an arrangement like that of 

 the fingers on the hand. 



