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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    GLOSSARY A-chro'ma-tin [Gr. rt-priv.; chroma, color.] The nuclear hyaloplasm. A-chro-ma-top'si-a [Gr. a-priv.; chroma, color; opsis, sight.] Color-blindness. Ac-ti-no-zo'a [Gr. aktis, ray; zoon, animal.] A division of Coelenterates embracing the sea-anemones and coral-polyps. Al-lan'to-is [Gr. alias, sausage; eidos, form.] A membra- nous, sack-like appendage developed from the hinder part of the embryonic alimentary tract and which serves the purpose of effecting oxygenation and other changes in the blood in reptiles, birds, and mammals. Am-blyp'o-da [Gr. amblys, blunt; pous, foot.] An extinct order of ungulates having elephantine feet and whose navic- ular bone was supported by the cuboid. Am-blys'to-ma [Gr. amblys, blunt; stoma, mouth.] A genus of amphibians remarkable for the transformations they undergo. When undeveloped they represent the formerly recognized genus Siredon. Some species are called axolotls. Am'i-a [Gr. amia, a kind of tunny.] Am-i-to'sis [Gr. a-priv.; mitos, thread.] Direct cell-division; cell-division without the formation of nuclear figures. Am'mon-ites [Egyptian Amon.~\ Fossil cephalopod shells. Am'nion [Gr. amnion, foetal membrane.] A membranous sack containing fluid which envelopes the embryo in the classes of reptiles, birds and mammals. A-moe'ba pro'te-us [Gr. amoibe, change; Proteus.] A unicel- lular animal; a Protozoan. Am-phib'i-a[Gr. amphi, double; bios, life.] A class of verte- brates whose young are fish-like and have gills: the skull has two condyles and a parasphenoid. Am-phi-mix'is [Gr. amphi,. double; mixis, mingling.] Am-phi-ox'us [Gr. amphi, double; oxys, sharp.] A small worm-like verterbate whose body tapers at both ends. The