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QLOSSART. 



difEering in size or shape from 

 the other, as in the oyster or 

 Brachiopod shells. 

 Ib'bo-bated. Freckled ; sprin- 

 kled with atoms. 



LAMB-DOi'DAii. Referring to the 

 lambdoidal or V-shaped suture, 

 with the apex upward, in a 

 mammal's skull. 



Lamel-li bkan'chi-a-ta (Lat. 

 lamella, a leaf or sheet ; bran- 

 ehia, gill). A class of mollusks 

 with large leaf -like gills. 



Lar'ta (Lat. larva, a mask). 

 The second stage of the insect, 

 a caterpillar, grub, or mag^ 

 got. 



LriiBAB (Lat. lumbus, a loin). 

 Connected with the loins. 



Ltj'men. The cavity of an organ. 



Ma-li'pe-des. The fourth and 

 fifth pairs of head-appendages 

 of chilopod Myriopods. 



Me-dul'la (marrow). The spinal 

 cord of vertebrates. 



Men'titm: (chin). The basal 

 piece or sclerite of the labium 

 or second maxillse of insects. 

 Submentum is the posterior 

 division of the mentum. 



Mes-en'te-kon. The mid-gut or 

 stomach. 



ilESEi^--TE-EV (Gr. mesos, inter- 

 mediate ; enteron, intestine). 

 The membrane between the in- 

 testine and abdominal walls. 



Me'so-blast. The primitive, 

 embryonic mesoderm. 



Me-tage-ne-sis. Alternation of 

 generations. 



Me'ta-mebe. The same as som- 

 ite or arthromere. 



Mon-ce'ci-otis (Gr. rnonoi, single: 

 oQios, house). With the sexual 

 glands, etc., united in the same 

 individual. 



Mt'o-blast. The embryonic 

 cells which become muscle 

 cells. 



Mtb-i-op'o-ba (Gr. murioi, thou- 

 sand ; jiom, podoB, foot). The 

 class of tracheates comprising 

 the Millipedes and Centipedes. 



Ne-mat'o-cyst (Gr. nema, a 

 thread ; kustis, a bladder). 

 The nettling, stinging organs 

 or thread-cells or lasso-cells of 

 the jelly-fishes and polyps, 

 etc. 



Ne-phbid'i-a (Gr. nephros, kid- 

 ney). The segmental organs 

 of w^orms, etc. 



Netj-bop'te-ea (Gr. neuron, 

 nerve; pieron, wing). The 

 order of net-veined insects with 

 a complete metamorphosis. 



iSTid-a-men'tai. Referring to a 

 nest, or egg-sac. 



NoTO COED (Gr. noton, back ; 

 chwde, a string), or chorda, 

 dorialis. The primitive sup- 

 port of the body of vertebrate 

 embryos, larval ascidians, and 

 the backbone of the lancelet 

 and lampreys. 



Ob'tec-tei). Covered ; con- 

 cealed. 



O'do-na-ta (Gr. odous, teeth). 

 The dragon flies. 



O-DONTO-PHOBE (?Gr. odous, a 

 tooth ; pliero, I carry). The 

 so-called tongue or lingual 

 ribbon of the higher mol- 

 lusks. 



