EXPLANATION 
TERMS USED IN NATURAL HISTORY. 
Amphibious. Capable of living both on the land and in the water. 
Animalcules. Small animals, visible only with the assistance of the 
microscope. 
Annulated. Marked with rings. 
Antenna. The horns or feelers of insects. 
Antlers, Horns overhanging the brows. 
Aquatic. Living or growing in the water. 
Bifid. Divided into two parts. 
Bimaculated. With two spots, or two series of spots. 
Bivalve. With two shells or openings. 
Callosity. A hard lump, an excrescence. 
Canine. Of the dog kind. 
Carnivorous. Feeding on flesh. 
Cere. A skin over the bill of birds ; sometimes moveable, 
as in parrots. 
Cetaceous. Of the whale kind. 
Cinerous. Of the colour of ashes. 
Columbine. Of the dove or pigeon kind. 
Cordiform. Heart-shaped. 
Crustaceous. Covered with a shell or crust; as lobsters, crabs, &c. 
Digitated. Having the feet divided into toes or fingers ; as in 
cats and dogs. 
Dorsal. Belonging to the back. 
Elytra. The wing-cases of insects of the bee tie- tribe. 
Exsanguineous. Without red blood, as worms. 
Entomology. A description of insects. 
Feelers. The antennae or horns of insects. 
Feline. Belonging to the cat kind. 
Ferrugineous. Of an iron or rust colour. 
Friigivorous. Feeding on seeds. 
Furcated. Forked. 
Gallinaceous. Belonging to the hen kind. 
Gestation. The time of going with young. 
Granivorous. Feeding on grain. 
Gregarious. Associating together. 
Herbivorous. Feeding on grass. 
Hoof. The horny substance that protects the external part 
of the foot in some quadrupeds. 
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