Manual of comparative anatomy and physiology / by S. Messenger Bradley.
- Samuel Messenger Bradley
- Date:
- 1874
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Manual of comparative anatomy and physiology / by S. Messenger Bradley. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![GLOSSARY. Acale'phm [aKaXri^T], a nettle), an order of Hydrozoa, named from the property they possess of stinging. Acanthocephala (oi.Kav6a, a thorn ; K€({)a\^, head), parasitic worms grouped under Scolecida. Acarina {&Kapi, a mite), an order of Arachnida. Actinosoma {clktIs, a ray; (Tufjia, body), a term used to signify the entire body of an Actinozoon, whether simple or compound. Actinozoa (clktls, a ray ; (coop, an animal), a class of Ccslenterata. Adelthrosomata {&dr]Xos, hidden; &pdpoj/, a joint; awixa, body), an order of Arachnida. Agamic (a, without; ydfios, mar- riage), term employed in asex- ual reproduction. Allantois (aAAas, a sausage), one of the foetal membranes present in some of the Vertebrata. Ametaholic (a, without; /i6Ta/3o\i7, change), applied to insects that do not pass through a metamor- phosis during growth. Amoiion (uijlvos, a lamb), one of the fcetal membranes of certain Vertebrata. Amoeba (aij.0L^6s, changing), an order of Rhizopoda. Amphibia (aixcpi, both; jSi'os, life), applied to such animals as frogs, which live both on land and in water. Amphiccelous (aij.(pl, both; koiKos, hollow), Tertebrse with a cup either end. Amphioxus (c^jj-cpi, both; oliys, sharp), the Lancelet, which tapers to either end of its body. Amphipoda {oLiu<pi, both; ttovs, foot), an order of Crustacea, whose feet serve both for walk- ing and swimming. Anarthropoda {c., without; 'dpdpov, a joint), Annulosa which do not possess jointed appendages. Annuloida {anellus, dim. of anu- Ivs, a ring; elSos, form), sub- kingdom of Echinodermata and Scolecida. Annulosa [anulus, a ring). Sub- kingdom of jointed animals, including Anarthropoda and Arthropoda. Anomura {dvo}xos, irregular ; ovpd, a tail), a tribe of Crustacea. Anojplura {apoirAos, ui>armed; ovpd, a tail), an ord^rof Insecta. Anoura {a, withoutovpd, a tail), an order of Amphibia, including Frogs and Toads. AntenncB {antemia, the yard-arm of a ship), the horns or feelers of Arthropoda. A]phaniptera (cL<pavr]S, inconspi- cuous ; Trrepov, a wing), an order of Insecta. Apoda (a, without; ttovs, a foot), fishes which have no ventral fins. Apodemata {aivohaKa, I portion off), the chitinous septa which divide the somites in Crustacea, Aptera (a, without; irrepSv, a wing), the wingless Insecta. Apteryx (a, without; irrepv^, a 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20410281_0277.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
