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allied forms. (In taxonomic value a genus ranks next below a 
subfamily. ) 
Gen'ys (L.), n. (Same as Gonys, which see.) 
Geographical Race, n. (See Race.) 
Geographical Variation, n. Modification of form or coloration accord- 
ing to change of locality or country. (The majority of widely dis- 
tributed species are more or less affected by geographical variation, 
from varying influences of climate and other surroundings. Many 
species have evidently sprung from Geographical Races through the 
extermination of intermediate specimens, or, in the case of remote 
islands, by long and complete isolation from the parent stock.) 
Gera'nium Pink, n. A lighter tint of geranium red. (Plate VII. fig. 19.) 
Gera'nium Red (L. carthami'nus), n. The purest possible red color, 01 
a red which combined with yellow will produce a pare orange, and 
with blue a pure purple. It is less orange in tint than scarlet. (Rose 
carthame or safflorroth.) (Plate VII. fig. 7.) 
Gib'bose, } (K g i b ^ sus \ a . Swollen. 
Gib'bous, \ 
Gibbosity, n. A swelling, or rounded protuberance. 
Gla'brous (L. gla'brus), a. Smooth. 
Gla'cial (L. glacia'lis), a. Pertaining to ice. 
Glauces'cent (L. glauces'cens) , a. Inclining to Glaucous. 
Glau'cous (L. glau'cus), a. or n. A whitish blue color, like the "bloom" 
of a cabbage-leaf. (Black + Antwerp blue -f white.) (Plate IX. 
fig. 19.) 
Glau'cous Green (L. glau'co-vir'idis), n. (Viridian -f- white.) (See plate 
X. fig. 17.) 
Gnathid'ium (L. : pi. gnaihid'ia), n. The branch or rhamus of the lower 
jaw, as far as it is covered by the horny sheath. (Chiefly used in 
the plural.) 
Gol'den Yel low (L. au'reo-fla'vus ; au'reus), n. A very intense yellow 
color, like the paler tints of the pigment called Jaune d'Or (that is, 
golden yellow), which, however, in its deeper tint becomes an intense 
orange. 
Go'nys (L.), n. The keel or lower outline of the maxilla or lower man- 
dible, from the tip to the point where the rhami begin to diverge. 
(Plate XII. fig. 6.) 
Gorg'et, n. An ornamented throat-patch, distinguished by color or 
texture of feathers, as the gorget of a Humming-bird. 
Gra'dient (L. gra'diens), a. Walking or running by steps. (Same as 
ambulatory, but preferable to that term.) 
c (L. gradua'lus), a. A graduated tail has the middle feathers 
u-rad ua ed, > longest, the rest successively shorter ; the difference in 
Grad uate, ^ length not so great, however, as in a cuneate tail. 
Grallato'res, ) (L.), n. An arbitrary and artificial group of the older 
Grallato'riaa, ) classifications, including the wading birds. 
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