A first book in organic evolution / by D. Kerfoot Shute.

Date:
1899
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Credit: A first book in organic evolution / by D. Kerfoot Shute. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Eu-ca-lyp'tus [Gr. eu, good; kalypto, cover.] A large genus of evergreen trees of the myrtle family. Ev-o-lu'tion [Lat. e, out; volvo, roll.] Ex-o-skel'e-ton [Gr. ex0, outside; skeleton, dried body.] External skeleton; bony or homy hardening of the integu- ment. Fla-gel'lum [Lat., dim. of flagrum, scourge.] A slender pro- toplasmic extension of a cell, for purposes of locomotion. Fo-ram-i-nif'e-ra [Lat. foramen, opening; fero, bear.] A division of protozoans secreting a shell perforated by many minute apertures. Fos'sil [Lat. fodio, dig.] Any organic body so situated in the earth, and so buried in solid rock or in earthy deposits, as to be capable of indefinite preservation. Gan'gli-on [Gr. gangliofi, tumor.] A swelling that consists of an aggregation of nerve-cells. It receives and discharges nervous impulses and serves to stimulate psychical and organic activities. Ga-noi'de-i [Gr. ganos, brightness; eidos, appearance.] Gas-ter-op'o-da [Gr. gas ter, stomach; pous, foot.] Including all snails and slugs. Gas'tru-la [Dim. of Lat. gaster, stomach.] Gem'mae [Lat. buds.] Geph-y-re'a [Gr. gephyra, bridge.] A division of worms with an oesophageal nervous ring and ventral chord; no distinct segments or legs; a terminal or dorsal anus. Go'ni-a-tites [Gr. gonia, comer; lithos, stone.] A genus of fossil Ammonites. Gor'gets [Fr. gorgette, dim. of gorge, throat.] Throat- patches distinguished by color or texture, especially in hum- ming birds. Grap'to-lites [Gr. graptos, written; lithos, stone.] Fossil hydroids. Greg-a-ri'na [Lat. gregarius, <grex, flock ] A genus typical of Gregarinidse. Gregarina gig ante a is sixteen millimeters in length and is one of the largest unicellular animals known. Greg-a-rin'i-dae [Vid. Gregarina.] More or less elongated amceba-like Protozoa, having a well-defined cell-wall, and a subcuticular” system of muscular fibrillae; nucleus, but no contractile vacuole; reproduction by encystment and sub- division of the central cell mass or protoplasm, by which