Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the vertebrate animals : delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in 1844 and 1846 ... Part 1. Fishes / by Richard Owen.

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1846
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    GLOSSARY OF AJJATOraCAL AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC TERMS USED IN THESE LECTURES. Abdomen. (Lat. abdo, I conceal.) The posterior and principal cavity containing the bowels and many other viscera of the animal. The abdomen is distinct from the thorax in crustaceans, spiders, and insects. Abdominales. (Lat. abdomen.) An order of fishes, so called from the attachment of the ventral fins to the abdomen behind the pectorals. Aberrant. (Lat. aberro, I wander from.) This term is applied to those species which deviate most from the type of their natural group. Abranchiate. (Gr. a, without; bragchia, gills.) When an animal is devoid of gills. Acalepha. (Gr. akalephe, a nettle.) The class of radiated animals with soft skins, which have the property of stinging like a nettle. Acanthocephala. (Gr. akanthos, a spine ; kephale, a head.) The order of intes- tinal worms having the head armed with spines or hooks. Acarus. ( Gr. ahari, a mite.) The name of a genus of Arachnida, to which the cheese-mite and allied species belong. Acaridje. The family of which the genus Acarus is the type. Acasta. ( Gr. akaste.) A name arbitrarily applied to a genus of Barnacles, para- sitic upon sponges. Acephalous. ( Gr. a, without; kephale, hea.A.) Headless. The animals in which a distinct head is never developed. Acephalocyst. The parasitic hydatid, which consists of a cyst or bag without a head. Acetabula. (Lat. acetabulum, a shallow cup.) The fleshy sucking-cups with which many of the invertebrate animals are provided. Acini. (Lat. acinum, a berry.) The secerning parts of glands, when they are suspended like grains or small berries to a slender stem. Acoustic. (Gr. akouo, I hear.) Appertaining to sound, or the organ of hearing. Acrita. (Gr. akritos, confused.) A term applied to the longest animals, in which the organs, and especially the nervous system, were supposed to be confusedly blended with the other tissues. Actinia. (Gr. aktui, a ray.) The genus of Polypes, which have many arms radiating from around the mouth. Actinoceros. (Gr. aktin, a ray, keras, a horn.) A generic term, signifying the radiated disposition of the horns or feelers. Adipose. (Lat. adeps, fat.) Fatty. Akera. (Gr. a, without; Aeras, a horn.) The family of Mollusca, without horns or feelers. Alar. (Lat. ala, a wing.) Belonging to a wing. Albuminous. (Lat. albumen, white of egg.) Consisting of albumen, or the sub- stance which forms the white of an egg. Aliform. Shaped like a wing. Alula. A little wing. Ambulacra. (Lat. ambulacrum, an avenue or place for walking.) The perforated series of plates in the shell of the sea-star or sea-urchin. Ambulatory. (Lat. ambulo, I walk.) An animal or a limb made for walking. Ammonites. An extinct genus of Mollusca, allied to the Nautilus, which inhabited a chambered shell, called Ammonite from its resemblance to the horns on the statues of Jupiter Ammon. Amorphous. (Gr. a, without; morphe, form.) Bodies devoid of regular form. Amphipods. (Gr. amphi, on both sides; pous, a foot.) The order of Crustacea, which have feet for both walking and swimming.