In man, and
some monkeys, the praemaxillae anchylose with the maxillae, so as
to be irrecognisable in the adult.
INVERTEBRATA (Lat. _in_, without; _vertebra_, a bone of the back).
Animals without a spinal column or backbone.
ISOPODA. (Gr. _isos_, equal; _podes_, feet). An order of _Crustacea_
in which the feet are like one another and equal.
KAINOZOIC (Gr. _kainos_, recent; _zoe_, life). The Tertiary period
in Geology comprising those formations in which the organic remains
approximate more or less closely to the existing fauna and flora.
LABYRINTHODONTIA (Gr. _laburinthos_, a labyrinth; _odous_, tooth).
An extinct order of _Amphibia_, so called from the complex
microscopic structure of the teeth.
LACERTILIA (Lat. _lacerta_, a lizard). An order of _Reptilia_
comprising the Lizards and Slow-worms.
LAMELLIBRANCHIATA (Lat. _lamella_, a plate; Gr. _bragchia_, gill).
The class of _Mollusca_ comprising the ordinary bivalves,
characterised by the possession of lamellar gills.
LEPIDODENDRON (Gr. _lepis_, a scale; _dendron_, a tree). A genus
of extinct plants, so named from the scale-like scars upon the
stem left by the falling off of the leaves.
LEPIDOPTERA (Gr. _lepis_, a scale; _pteron_, a wing). An order
of Insects, comprising Butterflies and Moths, characterised by
possessing four wings which are usually covered with minute scales.
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