(_Rodentia_);
Bats (_Cheiroptera_); Moles, Shrew-mice, Hedgehogs
(_Insectivora_); Lemurs, Spider-monkeys, Macaques,
Baboons, Apes (_Quadrumana_); Man (_Bimana_).
GLOSSARY.
ABDOMEN (Lat. _abdo_, I conceal). The posterior cavity of the
body, containing the intestines and others of the viscera. In
many Invertebrates there is no separation of the body-cavity
into thorax and abdomen, and it is only in the higher _Annulosa_
that a distinct abdomen can be said to exist.
ABERRANT (Lat. _aberro_, I wander away). Departing from the regular
type.
ABNORMAL (Lat. _ab_, from; _norma_, a rule). Irregular; deviating
from the ordinary standard.
ACRODUS (Gr. _akros_, high; _odous_, tooth). A genus of the
Cestraciont fishes, so called from the elevated teeth.
ACROGENS (Gr. _akros_, high; _gennao_, I produce). Plants which
increase in height by additions made to the summit of the stem
by the union of the bases of the leaves.
ACROTRETA (Gr. _akros_, high; _tretos_, pierced). A genus of
Brachiopods, so called from the presence of a foramen at the summit
of the shell.
ACTINOCRINUS (Gr. _aktin_, a ray; _krinon_, a lily). A genus of
Crinoids.
ACTINOZOA (Gr. _aktin_, a ray; and _zooen_, an animal). That division
of the _Coelenterata_ of which the Sea-anemones may be taken as
the type.
AEGLINA (_AEgle_, a sea-nymph).
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