3IO GLOSSARY. 



Cxcum (plural caca): a part of the intestinal tube. 



Colony: a cluster of several or many. 



Comminution: the act of pulverizing or grinding. 



Component: composing; an elementary part. 



Concave: hollow like a bowl. 



Conical: cone-shaped. 



Conjunction: union, association. 



Constricted: suddenly narrowed or contracted. 



Contractile: capable of being shortened or drawn to- 

 gether. 



Cordate: heart-shaped. 



Cornea: the transparent membrane forming the front 

 of the eye. 



Corpuscles: particles of matter. 



Crenate: scalloped, or with rounded teeth. 



Crwf^;?/.-' shaped like the new moon. 



Crystalline: resembling. crystal; clear; transparent. 



Cuticle: the thin membrane covering the surface of 

 plants; the outermost \s.jex of the skin. 



Cyclosis: the movement of protoplasm within a closed 

 cell. 



Cylindrical: like a cylinder or long, circular body. 



Dentate: toothed. 



Denticulate: with small, pointed teeth. 

 Depressed: flattened from above downward. 

 Diagonal: extending obliquely. 

 Diffused: spread out, extended. 

 Disintegrated :j&duc&A to minute parts. 

 Distal: the part furthest from the center. 

 Diverging: spreading from a central point. . 

 Dorsal: pertaining to the back. 

 Dorsum: the back. 



