LIST OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 293 



fac'-et (Fr. dim. of face). 



fau'-na (Lat. Fauni, rural deities), the animals of any place or period 



taken collectively. 

 fem'-o-ral (Lat./ewwr, thigh), 

 fe'-mur, pi. femora (Lat. femur), thigh. 



fer-ti-li-za'-tion (L&t.ferre, to bear), fecundation; impregnation, 

 fib'-u-la, pi. fibulce (Lat. fibula, that which binds together; named 



from the human splint-like fibula), 

 fil'-a-ment (L&t.filum, a thread), 

 fil'-i-form (L&t.jilum, a thread, and/orwa, form), 

 fi'-lo-plume (L&i.filum, a thread, andpZwma, a soft feather), 

 floc'-cu-lar (Lat. flocculus, dim. oifloccus, a lock of wool), 

 fo-li-a'-ta (Lat. from, folium, a leaf), 

 fo-ra'-men, pi. foram'ina (Lat. foramen, a perforation). 

 fos'-sa, pl.fossce (Lat. fossa, a pit, from fodere, to dig), 

 fron'-tal (Lat. frontale, an ornament for the forehead), 

 fur'-cu-lum (Lat. furculum, dim. offurca, a fork), wishbone, 

 ga'-le-a, pi. galece (Lat. galea, a helmet). 



gan'-gli-on, pi. ganglia (Lat. ganglion, Gr. ganglion, a swelling), 

 gas'-tric (Gr. gaster, stomach). 



gas-troc-ne'-mi-us (Gr. gastroknemia, calf of the leg), 

 gas-tros'-tege (Gr. gaster, stomach, and siege, roof), 

 gem'-mule (Lat. dim. of gemma, a gem). 

 gle'-noid (Gr. glene, a cavity, and eidos, form), 

 glo-chid'-i-um (Gr. glochis, the point of an arrow), 

 glot'-tis (Gr. from glotta, gldssa, a tongue), 

 go'-nys (Gr. gonia, an angle), 

 hal-te'-res (Gr. halter es, dumb-bells), balancers, 

 ham'-u-li, pi. (Lat. dim. of hamus, a hook), 

 he'-mal (Gr. haima, blood) 



He-mip'-te-ra (Gr. Jiemi, half> and pteron, a wing), bugs, 

 hem'-i-sphere (Gr. hemi, half, and sphaira, a sphere), 

 hem'-o-lymph (Gr. haima, blood, and lymph). 

 he-pat'-ic (Lat. hepar, the liver), 

 her-maph'-ro-dite (Gr. Hermaphroditos, son of Hermes and Aphrodite 



[myth]), being of both sexes. 



Hex-ap'-o-da (Gr. hex, six, and pous, podos, foot), six-footed insects, 

 ho-mol'-o-gous (Gr. homologos, agreeing). 

 ho-mol'-o-gy (Gr. homologia, agreement), correspondence, in structure 



and origin. 



hu'-me-rus (Lat. humerus*). 

 hy'-dra, Eng. pi. hydras (Lat. hydra, water). 



