Thread-shaped.
FLORA (Lat. _Flora_, the goddess of flowers). The general assemblage
of the plants of any region or district.
FORAMINIFERA (Lat. _foramen_, an aperture; _fero_, I carry).
An order of Protozoa, usually characterised by the possession
of a shell perforated by numerous pseudopodial apertures.
FRUGIVOROUS (Lat. _frux_, fruit; _voro_, I devour). Living upon
fruits.
FUCOIDS (Lat. _fucus_, sea-weed; Gr. _eidos_, likeness). Fossils,
often of an obscure nature, believed to be the remains of sea-weeds.
FUSULINA (Lat. _fusus_, a spindle). An extinct genus of
_Foraminifera_.
GANOID (Gr, _ganos_, splendour, brightness). Applied to those
scales or plates which are composed of an inferior layer of true
bone covered by a superior layer of polished enamel.
GANOIDEI. An order of Fishes.
GASTEROPODA (Gr. _gaster_, stomach; _pous_, foot). The class
of the Mollusca comprising the ordinary Univalves, in which
locomotion is usually effected by a muscular expansion of the
under surface of the body (the "foot").
GLOBIGERINA (Lat. _globus_, a globe; _gero_, I carry). A genus
of _Foraminifera_.
GLYPTODON (Gr. _glupho_, I engrave; _odous_, tooth). An extinct
genus of Armadillos, so named in allusion to the fluted teeth.
GONIATITES (Gr. _gonia_, angle). A genus of Tetrabranchiate
Cephalopods.
GRALLATORES (Lat.
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