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Incisors; the front or cutting teeth. 
Inguinal ; situated near the organs of generation. 
Invertebrated ; without a backbone. 
Tris ; the colored ring of the eyeball, 
Larve ; aterm applied to one cf the incipient stages of an anund.. 
Lepidopterous ; insects are Lepidopterous which have four wings covered witli fine 
scales, apparently like powder or meal. 
Lithophyte; a stony substance which has a vegetable appearance. 
Lore; a bare streak on the side of a bird’s head, from the beak to the eye. 
Lobated ; having the toes or claws furnished with a slitted membrane. 
Ianated ; shaped like a half-moon. 
Mammalia; that class of animals which suckle their young. 
Mamme ; the breasts. 
Mandible; the jaw or bill. 
Marsupial; furnished with a bag or peuch on the belly, like the opossum. 
Mazillary ; belonging to the jaw. 
Molar ; the large or grinding teeth. 
Molluscous ; a term applied to those animals whose bodies are soft, without an internal 
skeleton, or articulated covering. 
Neuropterous ; a term applied to insects which have membranous, transparent wings, 
in which the membranes cross each other like network. 
Occiput ; the hind head. 
Ocellated ; marked with spots resembling little eyes. 
Operculum ; a lid or cover. 
Palmated ; webbed or having the shape of a band. 
Palpi; the feelers of an insect. 
Papillous ; covered with fleshy warts or points. 
Passerine ; an order of birds comprising those which sing. 
Pectinated ; shaped like the teeth of a comb. 
Pectoral ; pertaining to the breast. 
Pelvis ; the cavity comprising the lower part of the abdomen. 
Pinnated ; having the toes or claws separate, but furnished with lateral membranes. 
Pisciform ; having the shape of a fish. 
Prehensile; having the power of seizing or taking hold. 
Primary feathers; the outer feathers of the wing. 
Process ; a fleshy or corneous protuberance. 
Protractile ; capable of being stretched forward. 
Pupa; the chrysalis of an insect. 
Rapacious ; an order comprising the birds of prey. 
Retractile ; having the power of drawing inwards. 
Sagittal ; arrow-shaped. 
Scapulars ; the shoulder feathers of a bird. 
Sebaceous ; fatty. 
Setaceous ; bristly. 
Secondaries ; the middle feathers of the wing. 
Speculum ; a colored spot on the back of the wing. 
Sternum; the breast bone. 
Subcaudal ; under the tail. = 
Subulate ; curved like a shoemaker’s awl. 
Tarsus ; (in ornithology,) that part of the leg between the thigh and the claw. 
Tentacula; the feelers of an insect. 
