VOCABULARY. 
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Eustachian, applied to parts first discovered by Eustachius. 
Exility, slenderness, smallness. 
Exuviae, the cast off skins, shells, or other coverings of animals 
Exsiccation, drying, parting with moisture to air or heat. 
Evagation, wandering, deviation from an appointed course. 
F. 
Farina. This word is sometimes used instead of pollen for the fertili¬ 
zing dust produced from the stamens and anthers of flowers, and col¬ 
lected by bee9. It is so used by our author. 
Fibula, a small long bone, extending from the knee to the ankle-joint, 
parallel to and connected with the tibia or principal bone of the leg on 
its outside. The lower end of it forms the outer ankle. 
Foramen ovale, or oval hole, an opening in the foetal state, between 
the two ventricles of the heart, permitting the passage of blood from 
one to the other. It is closed after birth. 
Fusee, see Plate of the parts of the watch. 
G. 
Gallinaceous. Birds of a particular order, living generally upon grains 
or seeds of plants, of a stately aspect, and confined powers of flight. 
Such are the common domestic fowl, the turkey, the peacock, &c. 
Gestation , the act of carrying the young within the body of the parent, 
whether in the state of the egg or of the living foetus. 
Graminivorous , living or feeding upon grass. 
Granivorous, living or feeding upon grains and seeds. 
Gregarious, herding together—flocking together—assembling in herds 
and companies. 
H. 
Halitus, the watery vapor which is thrown out from the lungs with the 
air at every act of respiration. 
Hemiplegia, a paralysis or palsy of one half of the body, consisting in a 
loss of the sense of feeling, or of the power of voluntary motion; or of 
both. 
Herbivorous, living upon herbs, or rather upon vegetable substances m 
general. A term used in contra-distinction to carnivorous. 
Homologous, having the same relation or proportions. Lines drawn 
through any two similar bodies of different sizes, are said to be homo¬ 
logous when they are drawn through corresponding parts of each. 
Hybernacula, the habitations, coverings, or retreats in which animals 
pass the winter. Animals when residing in them are generally in a 
torpid state. 
Hydrocanthari, a name of insects 
I. 
Ignited, a chemical term applied to a body raised to a high degree of 
heat. 
Inertia, a property of all matter which disposes it to remain in the state 
in which it is, whether of motion or rest. 
Iris, plural Irides; the colored ring surrounding the pupil of the eye. 
L. 
Lachrymal, appertaining to or relating to the tears, or to the apparatus 
for their production. 
Lacteals, capillary or hair-like vessels opening upon the internal surface 
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