GLOSSARY
#Ab do" men#, (1) the hinder portion of the body of an invertebrate; (2) of higher animals, the region or cavity containing the stomach, intestine, etc.
#Al bu" men#, (1) a proteid substance; (2) "white of egg."
#A" nal#, pertaining to the a.n.u.s, or hinder opening of the intestine.
#a.n.a.l fin#, a ventral median fin of fishes, just back of the a.n.u.s.
#Animal Communities#, a.s.sociations of many animals of the same species.
#An ten" na#, a segmented sensory appendage on the head of an arthropod.
#An ten" nule#, a small antenna.
#An te" ri or#, farther forward, in front of; at the head or forward end.
#A or" ta#, a large artery arising at the heart and forming the trunk of the arterial system.
#Ap" er ture#, an opening.
#Ap pend" age#, a projection from the body, usually one of a pair.
#Ar throp" o da#, a group of animals with a segmented trunk and paired, segmented appendages.
#Ar ti o dac" tyl#, an ungulate with an even number of toes.
#A s.e.x" u al#, without s.e.x.
#Au" di to ry#, pertaining to hearing.
#Barb#, one of the lateral outgrowths of the shaft of a feather, forming the vane.
#Barb ule#, a small outgrowth of the barb of a feather.
#Bi lat" er al sym" me try#, having the right and left sides mirror images one of the other.
#Body cavity#, the s.p.a.ce between the body wall and the alimentary ca.n.a.l.
#Body-wall#, the outer wall in bodies of the many-celled animals.
#Budding#, a form of fission in which a cell or portion of the body forms a small protuberance or bud, which is then cut off from the parent and forms a new individual.
#Ca.n.a.ls#, channels through the body-walls of sponges.
#Car" a pace#, the sh.e.l.l which covers a portion or all of the cephalo-thorax in crustaceans.
#Car" di nal#, pertaining to a cardo or hinge.
#Car niv" or ous#, flesh-eating.
#Car ot" id#, a large artery which supplies the brain and head with blood.
#Car" pal#, a bone of the wrist.
#Cat" er pil lar#, the larva of a b.u.t.terfly or moth.
#Caud al#, pertaining to the tail.
#Cell#, the smallest living unit.
#Cell-wall#, the lifeless membrane surrounding many cells, secreted by the protoplasm.
#Central cavity#, the cavity surrounded by the body-wall in the simpler many-celled animals, as in the sponges.
#Ceph a lop" o da#, the cla.s.s to which the squid, octopus, nautilus, etc., belong.
#Ceph" al o-tho" rax#, the division of the body formed by the fused head and thorax in many arthropoda.
#Cer" vi cal groove#, the groove marking the place of union when head and thorax are merged into a cephalo-thorax.
#Cha la" za#, one of the spiral ma.s.ses of alb.u.men found at the two ends of a bird"s egg.
#Che" li peds#, the large claws in many crustaceans.
#Chor-date#, animals with a notochord, present throughout life or disappearing.
#Chro mat" o ph.o.r.e#, color body.
#Chrys" a lis#, the pupa stage of a b.u.t.terfly.
#Cil" i um# (pl. #cilia#), a minute vibrating hair on the surface of many cells.
#Co c.o.o.n" #, the envelope spun by certain larval insects in which they are inclosed during the pupa stage. A similar structure, as the egg-case of spiders, earthworms, etc.
#C" c.u.m# (se" k.u.m), a blind pouch or bag; a sac open at one end.
#C len te ra" ta#, rather simple, sac-like animals with nettle cells in the body walls.
#Co le op" te ra#, beetles.
#Col" o ny#, a group of animals of the same kind found in one locality, usually related to each other and often actually connected.
#Com men" sal ism#, an a.s.sociation of two animals, not mutually helpful, but without injury to either.
#Com pound eye#, an eye made up of many simple eyes or eye elements.