AZOIC (Gr. _a_, without; _zoe_, life). Destitute of traces of
living beings.
BACULITES (Lat. _baculum_, a staff). A genus of the _Ammonitidoe_.
BALAENA (Lat. a whale). The genus of the Whalebone Whales.
BALANIDAE (Gr. _balanos_, an acorn). A family of sessile _Cirripedes_,
commonly called "Acorn-shells."
BATRACHIA (Gr. _batrachos_, a frog). Often loosely applied to
any of the _Amphibia_, but sometimes restricted to the Amphibians
as a class, or to the single order of the _Anoura_.
BELEMNITIDAE (Gr. _belemnon_, a dart). An extinct group of
Dibranchiate Cephalopods, comprising the Belemnites and their
allies.
BELEMNOTEUTHIS (Gr. _belemnon_, a dart; _teuthis_, a cuttle-fish).
A genus allied to the Belemnites proper.
BELINURUS (Gr. _belos_, a dart; _oura_, tail). A genus of fossil
King-crabs.
BELLEROPHON (Gr. proper name). A genus of oceanic Univalves
(_Heteropoda_).
BELOTEUTHIS (Gr. _belos_, a dart; _teuthis_, a cuttle-fish). An
extinct genus of Dibranchiate Cephalopods.
BEYRICHIA (named after Prof. Beyrich). A genus of Ostracode
Crustaceans.
BILATERAL. Having two symmetrical sides.
BIMANA (Lat. _Bis_, twice; _manus_, a hand). The order of _Mammalia_
comprising man alone.
BIPEDAL (Lat. _bis_, twice; _pes_, foot). Walking upon two legs.
BIVALVE (Lat. _bis_, twice; _valvoe_, folding-doors).
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