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ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA. 
Indigenous.— Natural to the soil or country. 
Integument. — A covering, applied generally to skin. 
Isothermal. — Of equal heat or temperature. 
Lateral. — Growing out of or running along the sides. 
Mammiferous. — That suckle their young. 
Molar. — Grinding. 
Muzzle. — The snout or nose. 
Naked. — Destitute of hair, applied generally to the ears 
or tail. 
Oblique. — Not perpendicular, sloping. 
Palmate. — Extended out like the flat of the hand. 
Parachute. — Any means of buoying up a falling object, 
as an open umbrella. 
Peltries. — Furs and skins. 
Pendulous. — Hanging, not supported below. 
Phosphorescence. — Luminosity, -emitting the appearance 
of light. 
Pisciverous. — Feeding on fish. 
Posterior. — The hind quarters. 
Prehensile. — Capable of grasping with. 
Premature. — Before its time. 
Protrusion. — Something thrust forward or standing pro- 
minent. 
Rufous. — Of a reddish colour. 
Savannah. — An open meadow in the South. 
Scepticism. — Open to doubt and disbelief. 
Spiral. — Whirling like a screw. 
Transversely. — Running crosswise. 
Vermiform.— S haped like a worm. 
