Quadrupeds: or, outlines of a popular history of the class mammalia; with a particular notice of those mentioned in Scripture.

  • Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
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1840
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    ] state of many animals })receding their mature and ! perfect condition : thus the tadpole is the larva state ! of the frog. I Limbered. A military term a])plied to cannon. I Lfjlndar. Lobe-shaped, roundeA I Lidjiicdtcd. To lubricate, to smear over with any i smooth or slippery fluid. Mahout. A name given in India to the person who guides the elephant, and is seated on the animal’s neck. i Mammalia. A class of animals which suckle ! their young; from mamma., a lu’east. Marswpialia. An order of mammalia, vvith pouches for the reception of the young; from marsu- j pium, a pouch. j Media. Plural of the Latin word medium, signi¬ fying the common or surrounding element of any particular body. Molares. The grinding teeth ; from mola, a mill, or molo, to grind. Nitrogen. A peculiar aeriform or gaseous sub¬ stance, known in chemistry under this title : the word is of Greek derivation; from lurpov, {nitron,') nitre, and yivvaa), (gennao,) to produce. Nomadic. Wandering in a pastoral state of society; from the Greek vopadticog, {nomadicos;) hence the j wandering races of India and Arabia were anciently ’ called Nomades. Nomenclature. The application of descriptive names to objects. Occiput. The back part of the skull, j Occipital. Connected with or belonging to the ! back part of the skull. I (Esophagus. The gullet for the passage of the I food into the stomach. I Olecranon. An anatomical term of Greek extrac- j tion, signifying that portion of one of the bones of , j the fore arm which forms the point of the elbow ; I from (xiKtvr], or ojXgv, (plene, or olen,') the arm, and Kpavov, (cranon,) the head, i Orbitar. Connected with the orbits of the eye, or I with the bones which compose the orbits. ! Oorygen. A peculiar gaseous substance, known in chemistry by this title. Pachydermata. An order of animals characterised by the thickness of the skin ; from the Greek rray^vQ, (^pachys,') thick ; and deppa, {derma,') skin. Palmated. Broad like the palm, with shoots growing out like fingers; from palma, the palm. Pastern. The joint above the horse’s hoof. I Pelvis. The hip, or bones composing it. Permeate, To flow through. Physiology. The doctrine of the laws of living bodies. Of Greek derivation. Plantigrade. Walking on the entire sole of the foot; from planta, the sole, and gradus, a step. Plicated. Arranged in folds ; from plica, a fold. Prehension. The grasping, or holding; from jnre- hendo, to seize or grasp. Pubic. Pubic bones, or pubic portion of the pel¬ vis ; the anterior bones which join with those of the hip's. Quadrumana. An order of mammalia, having four hands. From quatuor, four ; manus, a hand. Recurved. Bent back. Rodent. Gnawing. From rodo, to gnaw. Rodentia. An order of mammalia, so called from their possessing teeth foi’med for gnawing ; from rodo, to gnaw. Rudimentary. At the lowest point of develope- ment of formation. Rufous. From rufus, reddish, or brownish red. Ruminantia. An order of mammalia which rumin¬ ate, or chew the cud. Rumino, or ruminor, to chew the cud. Ruminating. Chewing the cud. Scapula. Shoulder-blade. Semi-retractile. Capable of being partially with¬ drawn. Sinuses. Pits, hollows, or cavities: a technical word; from sinus, a hollow. Subgenera. Subgenus, a portion of a genus, having peculiar characters. Suborbilal. Below' the orbit. Succulent. Full of juice. Suture. Sutura, a seam, or joining together. Trachea. The windpipe; from the Greek rpa^vg, {trachys,) rough, because it is composed of a series of rings of cartilas;e. Tubercles. Projecting points or parts. Pina. One of the bones of the fore arm, ending at the elbow, in the part called olecranon, which see. Umbre. A dark brown colour, inclining to black. Vascular. Full of minute blood vessels. Vertical. Erect; the vei tex, or crown of the head, being the highest, and the body succeeding in a perpendicular direction to it. Viscid. Sticky, or clammy. Withers. The withers of a horse ; the top of the shoulders adjoining the neck. w. Tyler, Printer, Bolt-court, Fleet-street.