GLOSSARY. . 633 



Protozoa, usually cliaraoterized by the possossioa of a shell perforated by 

 numerous pseudopodial apertures. 

 Fbu-oiv'o-bous (Lat. frwx, fruit ; voro, I devour). Living upon fruits. 



Ftnj'NEL. 



Pue'ou-ltjm (Lat. dim. oifm'ca, a fork). The " merry-thought" of birds, or 



the V-shaped bone formed by the united olavioles. 

 Fu'si-FOBM (Lat. /asMS, a spindle; and/'ofma, shape). Spindle-shaped, or 



pointed at both ends. 



GAi.-Li-irA'oB-i (Lat. gallina, a fowl). Sometimes applied to the whole order 

 of the Basorial Birds, but properly restricted to that section of the order 

 of which the common Fowl 13 a typical example. 



GAN'aLi-oif (Gr. piaggHon, a knot). A mass of nervous matter containing 

 nerve-cells, givmg origin to nerve-fibres. 



Ga'noid (Gr. ganos, splendor; brightness). Applied to those scales or plates 

 which are composed of an inferior layer of true bone covered by a superior 

 layer of polished enamel. 



Ga-hoi'de-a. An order of Fishes. 



6a3-te-bop'o-da (Gr. gaster, stomach ; povs, foot). The class of the Molluaca 

 comprising the ordinary univalves, in which locomotion is usually effected 

 by a muscular expansion of the under surface of the body (the " foot"). 



Geu'ils (Lat. gemma, a bud). The buds produced by any animal, whether 

 detached or not. 



Gem-ma'xion . The process of producing new structures by budding. 



Gem-mip'ae-ods (Lat. gemma, a bud ; pario, I produce). Giving origin to new 

 structures by a process of budding. 



Gem'mules (Lat. dim. ot gemma). The ciliated embryos of many Gadenterata; 

 also the seed-like reproductive bodies or " spores " of SpongiUa. 



Ge-phye'e-a (Gr. gephwa, a bridge). A class of the Anarthropoda, com- 

 prising the Spoon-worms (Sipunculus) and their allies. 



Giz'zABD. A muscular division of the stomach in Birds, Insects, etc. 



Gla'di-us (Lat. for a sword). Applied to the horny endoskeleton or " pen " 

 of certain Cuttle-fishes. 



Gle'noid (Gr. glene, a cavity ; eidos, form). A shallow cavity ; applied espe- 

 cially to the shallow articular cavity in the shoulder-blade to which the 

 head of the humerus is jointed. 



GjiATH'rrES (Gr. gnathos, a jaw). The masticatory organs of Crustacea. 



Gon-o-blas-tid'i-a (Gr. gonos, offspring ; blastidion, dim. of blastos, a bud). 

 The processes which carry the reproductive receptacles, or " gonophores," 

 in many of the Hydrozoa. 



Gon-o-oa'ltx (Gr. gonoa; and Jealux, cup). The swimming-bell in a medusi- 

 form gonophore, or the same structure m a gonophore which is not detached. 



Goh'o-phobb (Gr. gonos; and pAero, I carryj. The generative buds, or recep- 

 tacles of the reproductive elements, in the Bydrozoa, whether these become 

 detached or not. 



GoN'o-soME (Gr. gonos ; and soma, body). Applied as a collective term to 

 the reproductive zooids of a Hydrozoon. 



Goif-o-THE'oA (Gr. gonos ; and tJieke, a case). The ohitinous receptacle within 

 which the gonophores of certain of the Mydrozoa are produced. 



Geal-la-to'bbs (Lat. grallce, stilts). The order of the long-legged Wading- 



GaA-mv'o-Bous (Lat. granum, a grain or seed; voro, I devour). Livmg upon 

 grains or other seeds. . 



Geap-to-lit'i-d^ (Gr. grapTio, I write ; htnos, stone). An extinct sub-class 

 o( t)ie Mydrozoa. . . ■, ^ x%. n a 1 * 



GEEG-A-BUf'i-DA (Lat. gregarms, occurring m numbers together). A class ot 



the Protozoa. , . , , . • , i. i. j 



Gdaed. The cylindrical fibrous sheath with which the internal chambered 

 shell (phragmacone) of a Melemnite is protected. 



6rM-N0-L.B'MA-TA (Gr. gumnos, naked ; laimos, the throat). An order of the 



