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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    toothed birds of tern-like form, with socketed acute teeth, and bi-concave vertebrae Ich-thy-o-sau'ri-a [Gr. ichthys, fish; scinros, lizard.] Id'i-o-blast [Gr. idios, individual; blastema, sprout.] In-fu-so'ri-a [Lat. in, into; fundo, pour.] So called because including many animalcules that occur in infusions of decay- ing substances. In-sec'ta [Lat. in, into; seco, cut.] In-sec-tiv'o-ra [Lat. insectum, insect; voro, devour.] In-ver-te-bra'ta [Lat. in, not; vertebratus, jointed.] Includ- ing all animals that do not possess a notochord or backbone: opposed to Vertebrata. In-ver'te-brates [Vid. Invertebrata.] Ju-ras'sic [Jura mountains.] Kaf'ir-boom [Erythrina caffra.] A prickly-stemmed tree of South Africa. Kal’li-ma para-lek'ta [Gr. kallimos, beautiful; para, along side of; lektos, picked out.] Keri-vou’la pic'ta. Lab-y-rin'tho-donts [Gr. labyrinthos., labyrinth; odous, tooth.] Extinct amphibians. Lac-er-til'i-a [Lat. lacertus, lizard.] La-ge'na [Gr. lagynos, flask.] La-mel-li-bran-chi-a'ta [Lat. lamella, a plate; branchia, gills.] Bivalve molluscs. La-nu'go [Lat. lana, wool.] Lar'vae [Lat. pi. of larva, mask.] The early forms of animals when they are unlike the parent. In insects the first stages after leaving the eggs, preceding the pupa, as maggots or caterpillars. Lem-u-roi'de-a [Lemur; Gr. eidos, appearance.] A suborder of Primates. Prosimiae. Lep-i-do-si'ren [Gr. lepis, scale; siren, a genus of amphibians.] One of the lung-fishes. Lep-to-car'di-i [Gr. leptos, fine, small; kardia, heart.] Liv'er-worts. Lon-gi-cor'ni-a [Lat. longus, long; cor tin, horn.] A division of beetles having very long filiform antennae. Ma-caques'[F., < Afr. tnacaquo.] Cercopithecine monkeys of the genus macacus. Their form is stout; large ischial tuber- osities : muzzle considerably produced.