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33, 1. gliding; moving along smoothly and noiselessly and with- 
out seeming to make any effort. 
34, 5. piercing a hole; going right through. 
36, 6. marshy places; where the ground is soaked with water. 
38, 2. yolk; the yellow part of an egg. 
39, 3. hatch; come out of the egg. 
39, 5. sucker; an organ by which an animal sticks to other bodies. 
41, 11. nostrils; the holes of the nose. 
42. 3. pores; Very small holes. 
42, 5. prey; creatures that are seized for food. 
43, 8. stage of life; one of the several states in which the animal 
exists on its way to full development. 
46, 9. swiftly; quickly. 
„ „ tapers off ; becomes thinner and more pointed. 
47, 1. cells; hollows, usually quite regular in shape, made by 
bees, &c., for the storing of their honey or rearing of 
their young. 
„ .,, sting; a sharp-pointed weapon with which certain insects, 
&c., are furnished, and which they can thrust out from 
the under part of their body. 
48, 8. cocoon; the case which is spun by grubs and caterpillars 
to cover themselves with while in tbe chrysalis state. 
49, 1. swarm; the cluster of honey bees which leave the hive at 
the same time to seek a new dwelling. 
49, 3. moulding it; pressing it into the shape required. 
52, 1. pounced; leaped upon and seized with its talons. 
57, 9. pincers; the nippers of certain animals. 
60, 2. tunnels; underground passages. 
60, 10. boggy; swampy, land soaked with water. 
63, 5. stiff clods; lumps of earth that do not crumble readily. 
65, 2. a moist footing; a moist place to walk upon. 
66, 3. slightest; the least. 
„ „ his self-collecting power; his power of drawing his body in. 
67, 10. choice morsels; bits of food that are greatly liked. 
69, 9. spores; grains which serve as seeds in plants that do not 
have flowers. 
73, 7. rootlet; a small root. 
tender; easily injured, not strong. 
75, 1. store of food; stock of provisions that may be used when 
needed. 
