GLOSSARY. 325 



teropodcma Molluscs, in which the respiration is aquatic, and the respi- 

 ratory organs are mostly in the form of distinct gUls. 



Beanoh-i-o-oas-te-eop'o-da (= Branohifera). 



Bean-ohi-op'o-da (Gr. braffchia; and pons, foot). A legion of Crustacea, in 

 ■which the gUla are supported by the feet. 



BEAN-CHi-os'iE-aAL (Gr. tragcTiia, gills ; stego, I cover). Applied to a mem- 

 brane and rays by which the gills are protected in many fishes. 



Beev-i-liu'oui-a (Lat. brevis, short; lingua, tongue). A division of the Tm- 

 certiUa. 



BEEV-i-PEN-irA'T^ (Lat. brevis, short ; penna, a wing). A group of the Na- 

 tatorial Birds. 



Beonoh'i (Gr. brogcJios, the windpipe). The branches of the windpipe 

 (trachea), by which the air is conveyed to the vesicles of the lung. 



Bed'ta (Lat. brvtus, heavy, stupid). Often used to designate the Mamma- 

 lian order of the Edentata. 



Bet-o-zo'a (Gr. bruon, moss; zoiin, animal). A synonym oi Polyzoa, a class 

 of the MoUuscoida. 



Buo'oal (Lat. hucca, mouth or cheeks). Connected with the mouth. 



Boe'si-eoem (Lat. bursa, a purse ; forma, shape). Shaped like a purse ; sub- 

 spherical. 



Bts-sif'e-bods. Producing a byssus. 



Bys'sus (Gr. bussos, flax). A term applied to the silky filaments by which 

 the Mnna, the common Mussel, and certain other bivalve MoUusea, attach 

 themselves to foreign objects. 



Ca-du-oi-beanoh'i-ate (Lat. cadueus, falling oif : Gr. bragcMa, gUls). Applied 



to those Amphibians m which the gills fall off before maturity is reached. 

 Ca-dd'cous. Applied to parts which fall off or are shed during the life of the 



animal. 

 C^'oAL (Lat. cweus, blind). Terminating blindly, or in a closed extremity. 

 Cjb'ocm (Lat. emeus). A tube which terminates blindly. 

 Cj:s'pi-tose (Lat. ccemea, a turf). Tufted. 

 Cai-ho-zo'io. (See KTainozoic.) 

 Cal'oab (Lat. for a spur). Allied to the " spurs " of Easorial Birds ; and 



also to the rudiments of the hmd limbs in certain Snakes. 

 Cal-oa'eb-ous (Lat. calx, lime). Composed of carbonate of lime. 

 Cal'ioe. The little cup in which the polype of a ooralligenous Zoophyte 



(Actinoeoon) is contained. 

 Cal-y-oo-phoe'i-dj! (Gr. halux, a cup ; scaipTiero, I carry). An order of the 



oceanic Sydrozoa, so called from their possessing beU-shaped swimming 



organs (nechocalyces). , 



Ca'ltx (Lat. calyx, a cup). Api)lied to the cup-shaped body of VortUella 



(Protozoa), or of a Crinoid (EcMnodermata). 

 Cam-pam-u-lae'i-d^ (Lat. campanula, a little bell). An order of Hydroid Zoo- 

 phytes. 

 Ca-ndtb' (Lat. canis, a dog). The eye-tooth of Mammals, or the tooth which 



is placed at or close to the prffimaxillary suture in the upper jaw, and the 



corresponding tooth in the lower jaw. 

 CA-Pir'n-LDM (Lat. dim. of caput, head). Applied to the body of a Barnacle 



(LepadidcB), from its being supported upon a stalk or peduncle. 

 Cae'a-paoe. a protective shield. Applied to the upper_ shells_ of Crabs, 



Lobsters, and many other Crustacea ; also to the case with which oertaia 



of the Infusoria are provided. Also the upper half of the immovable case 



in which the body of^a Chelonian is protected. . 



Cae-i-na't^ (Lat. carina, a keel). Applied by Huxley to all those birds m 



which the sternum is furnished with a median ridge or keel. 

 Cae-niv'o-ea (Lat, caro, flesh : vctro, I devour). An order of the Mammalia, 

 CAB-Kiv'o-Botrs (Lat. caro, flesh ; voro, I devour). Feeding upon flesh. 

 Cak'nobk (Lat. caro). Fleshy. . » , ,, 



Cab-poph'a-qa (Gr. harpos, fruit ; pkago, I eat). A Bection of the Maarsur 



pialia. .. 



