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the female insect when dried con- 

 stitutes the cochineal of com- 

 merce. 



coccyx, n., kftk'-siks (Gr. kokkux, 

 the cuckoo, imitation of its cry, 

 a crest, kokkiigos, of the cuckoo; 

 L. coccyx, the cuckoo, coccygis, 

 of the cuckoo), the terminal por- 

 tion of the spinal column in man, 

 commonly consisting of four rudi- 

 mentary vertebrae, so called from 

 its resemblance to a cuckoo's beak 

 or bill: coccygeal, a., kok-sidf- 

 e-dl, connected with the coccyx : 

 coccygeus, a., kSk-sidj^-iis, ap- 

 plied to a muscle consisting of a 

 thin, flat, and triangular sheet of 

 fleshy and tendinous fibres con- 

 nected with the coccyx. 



cochlea, n., ktikf-U-ti, (L. cochlea, 

 a snail ; Gr. kochlias, a cockle, 

 a snail with a spiral shell), in 

 anat., the most interior division 

 of the internal ear, consisting ex- 

 ternally of a tapering spiral tube : 

 cochleate, a., k8k r -le-dt, twisted 

 like a snail shell. 



cochlear, n.,M;'^-ar(L. cochUar, 

 a spoon, cochledris, of a spoon 

 from cochlea, a snail shell), in 

 bot., a kind of aestivation, in 

 which a helmet-shaped part covers 

 all the others in the bud : coch- 

 leariform, a., ktik'-te-dr'i'fd'rm 

 (L. forma, shape), shaped some* 

 what like a spoon. 



Cochlearia, n* plu., ktiktle'dr'-i-a 

 (L. cochlear, a spoon), a genus of 

 plants, the leaves of which are 

 hollowed like the bowl of a spoon, 

 Ord. Cruci ferae : Cochlearia offic- 

 inalis, of-fis'-in-dl'-is (L. officina, 

 a workshop), the common scurvy- 

 grass, used as a stimulant: 0. 

 Armoracia, dr'-mor-d'shi-d (Ar* 

 morica, Brittany, the district of 

 France from Which first brought), 

 the horse-radish, which has irrit- 

 ant and also vesicant properties. 



Zocoinese, n. plu., k^k'-o-in^e 

 (Prtg. coco, an ugly mask to 

 frighten children, so named from 

 the monkey-like face at the base 



of the nut), the Cocoa-nut tribe, a 

 Sub -order of trees, Ord. Palmae, 

 which consist of the oil-bearing 

 palms : Cocos, n. , k8k'-6s, a genus 

 of palm trees, including the cocoa- 

 nut tree : Cocos nucifera, nu-sif- 

 er-d (L. nux, a nut, niicis, of a 

 nut; f&ro, I bear), the coco or 

 cocoa-nut palm, the most useful in 

 the world for its various products : 

 cocoa, n., kok'-o, the very large 

 nut of the cocos palm; also the 

 name given to the fruit of the 

 Theobroma cacao, which is of the 

 size of a kidney-bean, and when 

 dried and ground into powder, 

 and variously prepared, is sold 

 under the names cocoa and choco- 

 late. 



codeia, n., IM-ftd or Wd-^yd, 

 also kodein, n., k6d*etin (Gr. 

 kodeia, a poppy head), an alkal- 

 oid, one of the active medicinal 

 principles of opium. 



codonostoma, n. plu., ktid'-fa*t& 

 tom-d (Gr. kodon, a bell ; stoma, 

 a mouth), the aperture or mouth 

 of the disc of a medusa, or of the 

 bell of a medusiform gonophore. 



Ccelenterata, n. plu., sel-en'-ier-at'-d 

 (Gr. koilos, hollow ; enteron, a 

 bowel or gut, entera, entrails), 

 in zooL, the Sub-kingdom com- 

 prising the Hydrozoa and Actin- 

 ozoa, used instead of the old term 

 Eadiata. 



cceliac, a., sel^dk (Gr, koilia, 

 belly), pert, to the cavity of the 

 belly : coeliac passion (passion, 

 suffering), another name for colic : 

 ccelitis, sel-U'-fot abdominal in- 

 flammation* 



ccelosperm, n., sel'd-sperm, coalo- 

 sperni88,n. plu., seV-o-sperm'-e^i'. 

 koilos, hollow; koilia^ the belly; 

 sperma, seed), seeds with the al- 

 bumen curved at the ends. 



coenenchyma, n., sen'Vng'kim'd 

 (Gr. koinos, common; engchuma, 

 an infusion, tissue), the calcareous 

 tissue which unites together the 

 various corallites of a compound 

 corallum. 



