GLOSSARY. 3G9 



An-o-mo-don'ti-a (Gr. anomos^ irregular; odovs^ tootli). An extinct oider of 

 Keptiles, often called Dicynodontia. 



Ax-o-mu'ra (Gr. anomos, irregular ; oura^ tail). A tnbe of Decapod Ciusta- 

 cea^ of which the Henuit-crub is the type. 



An-o-plu'ea (Gr. anoplos^ unarmed ; oura, tail). An order of Apterous Insects. 



A-nou'ra (Gr. a, without; oura, tail). Tlie order o\' Ampfiibia comprisin'^ 

 the Frogs and Toads, in which the adult is destitute of a tail. Often calle3 

 Hatrachia. 



An-ten'n^ (Lat. antmna. a yard-arm). The jointed horas or feelers pos- 

 sessed by the majority of the Articulata. 



An-ten'nules (dim. oi' antennce). Applied to the smaller pair of antenna? in 

 the Crustacea. 



An'thro-poid. 



An-ti-bea'chi-um (Gr. anti^m front of; bra cJii on ^ the ann\ Tl:e fore-arm 

 of the higher Vertebrates, composed of the radivs and ulna. 



Ant'leks. "Properly the branches of the horns of the Deer tiibe {Cervidai)^ 

 but generally applied to the entire horns. 



An'tli-a (Lat. autlia^ a pump). The spiral tnjnk or proboscis with -which 

 Butterflies and other Lepidoj^terous Insects suck up the juices of flowers. 



Aph-a-nip'te-ea (Gr. aphanos, inconspicuous ; pteron, a wing). An order of 

 Insects comprising the Fleas. 



Ap la-cen-ta li-a. The section ofthei/«m?7?a?/'7, comprising the two divisions 

 of the Didelphia and Mo/todelpkia, in which the young is not furnished 

 with a placenta. 



Ap'o-da (Gr. a, without ;zjoc^(?*, feet). Applied to those fishes which have no 

 ventral fins. Also to the footle.-js CaciUce among the Arnp>ltibia. 



Ap'o-dal. Devoid of feet. 



Ap-o-D£m'a-ta (Gr. apodaio, I portion off). Applied to certain chitinous 

 septa which divide the tissues in Or-ustacea. 



Ap'te-ra (Gr. a, without ; pterou^ a wing). A division of Insects, which is 

 characterized by the absence of wings in the adult condition. 



Ap'tee-ous. Devoid of wings. 



Ap'tee-yx (Gr. a, without ; pterux^ awing). A wingless bird of New Zea- 

 land, belonging to the order Cumores. 



A-quat'io. 



A-quif'e-rous. 



A-each'ni-da fGr. aracline., a spider). A class of the Artlculata., comprising 

 Spiders, Scorpions, and allied animals. 



Ar-a-ne'i-da. 



Ae-bo-ees'cent. Branched like a tree. 



Ar-ch^-op'te-ryx (Gr. archaios., ancient; pterux., wing\ The singular fossil 

 bird which alone constitutes the order of the Saururce. 



Arch-en-ceph'a-la (Gr. archo., I oveiTule ; eghephalos^ brain). The name 

 applied by Owen to his fourth and highest group oi Mammalia^ compris- 

 ing Man alone. 



Ae-e-na'ce-ous. Sandy, or composed of grains of sand. 



Ae-theop'o-da. 



Ae-tic-u-la'ta (Lat. articulus^ a joint). A division of the animal kingdom, 

 comprising Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Cnistaceans, characterized by 

 the possession of jointed bodies or jointed limbs. Tie term Arthropoda is 

 now more usually employed. 



Ar-ti-o-dac'ty-la (Gr. a?iios^ even; daJchiJos^ a fincer or toe). A division 

 of the hoofed quadinpeds {Ungulata) in which eacli foot has an even num- 

 ber of toes (two or four). 



As-cid-i-oi'da (Gr. aslcos, a bottle ; eidos., a form). A synonym of Tunicata^ a 

 class of Molluscous animals, which have the shape, in many cases, of a two- 

 necked bottle. 



A-8Ex'u-AL. Applied to modes of reproduction in which the sexes are not 

 concerned. 



A-siph'o-nate. Not possessing a respiratory tube or sii)]ion. (Applied to a 

 division of the LameUibrancTiiate Molluscs.) 



