GLOSSARY 



Irides Plural of iris 



Keeled Having a ridge along the middle 



Labial Pertaining to the lips 



Laminae A thin plate or scale 



Lance-eliptical A long elipse 



Lanceolate Oblong, gradually tapers to the outer extremity 



Larva An immature form 



Lateral To or towards the side 



Lateral line The muciferous tubes along the sides of a fish 



Laterally Sideways 



Linear Like a line, of the same breadth throughout 



Littoral Near the shore 



Longitudinal Running lengthwise 



Lunate Form of the new moon 



Mammas Milk glands, breasts 



Mammary glands Glands secreting milk 



Mandible Under jaw 



Maxilla Upper jaw 



Maxillaries Outermost bones of the upper jaw, in fishes 



Maxillipeds Foot-jaws of Crustaceans 



Metamorphosis A decided change in form 



Midrib The central or main rib of leaves in plants 



Mycelium A filamentous body from which a mushroom is developed 



Naked Without scales 



Nerves The fine veins in leaves of plants 



Nodule A rounded mass of irregular shape 



Nucleus The umbone or beginning of a shell of molluscs 



Oblique Slanting inclined 



Obscure Scarcely visible 



Obsolete Faintly marked; scarcely evident 



Obtuse Blunt 



Occiput Back of head 



Olivaceous Color of the olive 



Operculum Gill cover in fishes; calcareous lid closing the aperture, in molluscs 



Orbicular Nearly circular 



Orbit Eye socket 



Osseous Bony 



Ova Eggs Ovum Egg 



Ovate Shaped like an egg 



Oviparous Producing eggs which are developed after extrusion from the body 



Ovoviviparous Producing eggs which are developed before extrusion from the body 



Ovoid Shaped like an egg 



Palmate Web-footed 



Papillose With pimple-like elevations or tubercles 



Pectinate Having teeth like a comb 



Pectoral Pertaining to the breast 



Pectoral fin The foremost paired fins, in fishes 



Pediculated The stalk which supports only one flower 



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