GLOSSARY 



GLOSSARY 



Glossary of Scientific Terms used in this work 



Abdomen Belly 



Abdominal Pertaining to the belly 

 Abortive Remaining or becoming imperfect 

 Acuminate Tapering gradually to a point 

 Acute Sharp-pointed 



Adipose Fleshy ■ ■ • , 



Air-bladder A sac filled with air, lying near the backbone of fishes ; the swimming-bladder 

 Alevin The newly hatched of fishes still attached to the umbilical sac 

 Alternate Opposite 

 Anal Pertaining to the anus or vent 

 Anal fin The fin behind the vent, in fishes 

 Anus The exterior opening of the intestines ; the vent 



Arterial bulb The muscular swelling at the base of the great artery, in fishes 

 Articulate Jointed 

 Atrophy Non-development 

 Attenuate Drawn "out; long and slender 

 Axillary In the hollow where a branch unites with the plant 

 Auricle One of the chambers of the heart 

 Barbel An elongated projection at the head, in fishes 

 Basal At or near the base 

 Bifurcated Forked; divided into two branches 

 Bracts Small, leaves or scales 

 Branchix Gills;" respiratory organs of fishes 

 Branchial Pertaining to the gills 



Branchiostegals Bony rays below the opercular bones under the heads of fishes 

 Byssus Tuft of threads, in molluscs 



Caecum An appendage connected with the alimentary canal 

 Calcareous Containing or composed of carbonate of lime . 

 Calyx Cup or outer covering of a flower 

 Capillaries Hairlike vessels in animals and plants 

 Capsule A seed pod 



Carapace A shell; the upper shell of a turtle, the covering of crustaceans, 

 Cardinal Teeth near the beak, in molluscs 

 Carinate Keeled; having a ridge along the middle line 

 Caudal Pertaining to the tail 

 Caudal fin The fin constituting the tail of fishes 

 Cilia Hairlike projections 

 Ciliated Fringed; having haiflike projections 

 Cinereous Having the color of, wood ashes 

 Clavate Club-shaped- 

 Concentric Having a common centre 

 Conchology Science of shells 

 Cuneate Wedge-shaped 

 Cycloid Smooth-edged and circular 



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