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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    Ro-den'ti-a [Lat. rodo, gnaw.] Ro-ta'li-a Frey'er-i [Lat. rota, wheel; Freyer.] Ro-ta-to'ri-a [Lat. rota, wheel.] Ro'ti-fer [Lat. rota, wheel; _/>r0, bear.] Ru'mi-nant [Lat. ruminans, ruminate.] Sai'tis pu'lex. Saur-u'rae [Gr. sauros, lizard; our a, tail.] Jurassic birds having- lizard-like tails with distichous feathers, as Auchseo- pterygidae. Sca-phop'o-da [Gr. skaphos, bowl, skiff; pons, foot.] A di- vision of molluscs. Sep'al [Lat. separ, separate.] One of the individual leaves of a calyx. Si-lu'ri-an [Silures, ancient Celts in Wales.] Sim'i-a [Lat. simia, ape.] A genus typical of Simiidas and now restricted to the orang. Si-mi'i-dae [Lat. simia, ape.] A family of Old World Anthro- poidea. Sim-i-i'nae [Lat. simia, ape.] A subfamily of Simiidae with robust form and molars tuberculated as in man and no ischial tuberosities, including Chimpanzees, Gorillas, and Orangs. Si'nus veno'sus [Lat.] Venous cavity. (1) In higher verte- brates the main part of the auricular cavity. (2) In the lower vertebrates, a dilitation at the termination of venous channels, forming a separate chamber. Si-re’ni-a [Lat. siren, siren.] Snags [Norw. snag, a projecting point.] A branch on the antler of a deer. So-mat'ic [Gr. soma, body.] Pertaining to the body. So-ma-to-ge net'ic [Gr. soma, body; genesis, generation, origin.] Originating in the body or soma through external influences. Sper-ma-to-zo'id [Gr. sperma, seed, semen; zoon, animal.] Male germ-cell; male, flagellate, (“ciliated”) sexual cell. At one time supposed to be minute parasites in the semen, hence often called spermatozooa. Sphinx fu-ci-form'is. Spon'gi-o-plasm [Gr. spongion, little sponge; plasso, form.] Steg-o-ceph'ala [Gr. stego, cover; kepale, head.] Another name for Labyrinthodonts.