GLOSSARY. ;j';i.) 



Protozoa^ usually characterized by the possession of a shell perforated by 



numerous pseudopodiul apertures. 

 Fru-giv'o-roc'S (^Lac. />«.c, fruit; yo^'o, I devour). Living upon fruits. 

 Fun'nel. 

 FuRoa-LLTM (Lat. dim. of /urea ^ a fork). The " merry-thought" of birds, or 



the V-shaped bone formed by the united clavicles. 

 Fu'si-FORii (Lat. /«67^,s', a spindle; and forma^ r,hape). Spindle-shaped, or 



pointed at both ends. 



GiL-Li-NA'cE-i (Lat. galllna, a fowl). Sometimes applied to the wliolc order 



of the Rasorial JSirds, but properly restricted to tiiat section of the order 



of which the common Fowl is a typical example. 

 Ga,n'gli-on (G-r. ijaggllon.^ a knot). A mass of nervous matter containing 



nerve-cells, giving origin to nerve-fibres. 

 Ga'n'oid (Gr. gartos^ splendoVj brightni^ss). Applied to those scales or plates 



which are composed of an infi^rior layer of true bone covered by a superior 



layer of polished enamel. 

 Ga-noi'de-a. An order of Fishes. 

 Gas-te-rop'o-da (Gr. gaste>\ stomach ; pous^ footi. The class of the Mollusca 



comprising the ordinary univalves, iu wliicli locomotion is usuaHy effected 



by a muscular expansion of the under surface of the body (the " foot"). 

 Geh'm^ (Lat. genima^ a bud). The buds produced by any animal, wheth'jr 



detached or not. 

 Gem-ma' TioN. The process of producing new structures by budding. 

 Ge.m-mip'ar-ous (Lat. geinma^ a bud; jOar^o, I produce). Giving origni to new 



structures by a process of budding. 

 Geai'mules (Lat. dim. o^ gemma). The ciliated embryos of many Ccde/Uera'a ; 



also the seed-like reproductive bodies or *' spores" oX SpongiUa. 

 Ge-phyr'e-a (Gr. gejmura^ a bridge). A class of the Anarthropoda., com- 

 prising the Spoon-worms {Slpunculus) and their allies. 

 Giz'zARO. A muscular division of the stomach in Birds, Insects, etc. 

 Gla'di-us (Lat. for a sword). Applied to the horny endoskeleton or '' pen " 



of certain Cuttle-fishes. 

 Gle'noid (Gr. gleiie^ a cavitv ; eidos^ form). A shallow cavity ; afipliud espu- 



cially to the shallow articular cavity in the shoulder-blade to which the 



head of the humerus is jointed. 

 (tnath'ites (Gr. giiathos^ a jaw). Tiie masticatory organs of Crustacea. 

 Go\-o-blas-tid'i-a (Gr. goiios, offspring; blastUlion^ dim. of blaslos, a bud). 



The processes which carry the reproductive receptacles, or '• gonophores," 



in many of the Hydrozoa. 

 Go^t-o-ca'lyx (Gr. goiios ; and Icalux.^ '^'-ip*- The swimming-bell in a medusi- 



form gonophore, or tiie same structure in a gonophore which is not detached. 

 Gon'o-phore (Gr. gonoa ; and phero., I carry). The generative buds, or recep- 

 tacles of the reproductive elements, in the Hijdrozoo,^ whether these become 



detached or not. 

 GoN'o-soME (Gr. gonos ; and som%, body). Applied as a collective term to 



the reproductive zooids of a Ui/drozo'.'/i. 

 Gox-o-THE'cA(Gr. gofios ; andtheke^ a case). The chitinous receptacle within 



which the gonophores of certain of the Hydroz')a are produced. 

 Gr\l-la-to'res (Lat. gvalhe^ stilts). The order of the long-legged Wading- 



iJirds. 

 Gra-niv'o-rous (Lat. granum^ a grain or seed ; voro., I devour). Living upon 



grains or other seeds. 

 Grap-to-lit'i-d^ (Gr. grapho.^ I write; llthos^ stone). An extbiet sub-class 



of the Hydrozoa. 

 Greg-a-rin'i~da (Lat. gregarias^ occurring in numbers together). A class of 



the Protozoa. 

 Guard. The cylindrical fibrous sheath with which the internal chambered 



shell (phragmacone) of a Belemnite is protected. 

 Gul'let. 

 Gyii-xo-L.E'.\iA-TA ((Jr. g>.un)i.o?, naked ; laiino.^, the throat). An order of the 



