GLOSSARY. 323 



An-o-mo-bon'ti-a (Gr. anomos, irregular ; odorte, tooth). An extinct cider of 

 Beptiles, often called IHcynodonha. 



An-o-mo'ba (Gr. anomos, irregular ; oura, taU). A tribe of Decapod Crusta- 

 cea, of ffhioli the Hermit-crab is the type. 



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



A-nou'ba (Gr. a, without ; oura, tail). The order of Am^hMa comprising 

 the Frogs and Toads, in which the adult is destitute of a taU. Often called 

 Jiatrachta. 



As-TEs'iSM (Lat. antenna, a yard-arm). The jointed horns or feelers pos- 

 sessed by the majority of the Articutaia. 



Air-TBN']<rDi.ES (dim. of antennae). Applied to the smaller pair of antonna in 

 the Orusfacea. 



Ak'theo-poid. 



An-ti-bea' CHI-TIM (Gr. anti, in front of; hracMon, the arm). The fore-arm 

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



Ant'lees. Properly the branches of the horns of the Deer tribe {Genyida), 

 but generally applied to the entire horns. 



An'tli-a (Lat. antUa, a pump). The spiral trank or proboscis with which 

 Butterflies and other Lepidopterous Insects suck up the juices of flowers. 



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

 Insects comprismg the Fleas. 



Ap-LA-oEir-TA Li-A. Thcscction aifhe MammaKa, comprising the two divisions 

 of the Didelphia and Monod^lpMa, in which the yoxmg is not furnished 

 with a placenta. 



Ap'o-da (Gr. a, without ;vodes, feet). Applied to those flshes which have no 

 ventral fins. Also to the footless CceciUce among the Amphibia. 



Ap'o-dal. Devoid of feet. 



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

 septa which divide the tissues m Crustacea. 



Ap'te-ea (Gr. o, without ; pteron, a wing). A division of Insects, which is 

 characterized by the absence of wings in the adult condition. 



Ap'tee-otjs. Devoid of wings. 



Ap'iee-tx (Gr. a, without ; pterux, a wing). A wingless bird of New Zea- 

 land, belonging to the ordTer Cursores. 



A-quat'io. 



A-quip'e-eous. 



A-baoh'ki-da (Gr. arachne, a spider). A class of the Articulata, comprising 

 Spiders, Scorpions, and allied animals. 



Ae-a-ne'i-da. 



Ae-bo-ebs'oekt. Branched like a tree. 



Ae-oh^-op'te-etx (Gr. archaios, ancient ; pterux, wing). The singular fossil 

 bird which alone constitutes the order of the Saururoe. 



Aeoh-en-oeph'a-la (Gr. archo, I oveiTule; eglcephalos, brain). The name 

 applied by Owen to his fourth and highest group otJUammaUa, compris- 

 ing Man alone. 



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



Ae-theop'o-da. 



Ae-tio-u-la'ta (Lat. arti&uius, a joint). A division of the animal kingdom, 

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

 the possession of jointed bodies or jointed limbs. Tl: e term Arthropoda is 

 now more usually employed. 



Ae-ti-o-dao'tt-la (Gr. ariio*, even ; dahtuloSj a finger or toe). A division 

 of the hoofed quadrupeds ( Uhgulata) in which each foot has an even num- 

 ber of toes (two or four). 



Ab-oid-x-oi'da (Gr. askos, a bottle ; eidos, a form). A synonym of Tun/icata, a 

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

 neeked bottle. 



A-SEx'u-AL. Applied to modes of reproduction in which fte sexes are not 



concerned. 

 - A-Bipn'o-ifATB. Not possessing a respiratory tube or siphon. (Applied to a 

 division of the LamelMiranchiate MoUuscs.) 



