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

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1899
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    26 I Cer-ebel'lum [Lat. dim. of cerebrum, brain.] A subdivision of the encephalon. Cer'e-brum [Lat. brain.] A subdivision of the encephalon. Cer'e-bral [Vid. Cerebrum.] Pertaining to the cerebrum. Ce-ta'ce-a [Lat. cetus, whale.] An order of fish-like mam- mals including the whales and porpoises. Chei-rop'te ra [Gr. cheir, hand; pteron, wing.] Including the Bats,—an order of mammals. Chei-ro'tes [Gr. cheir otos, having a hand.} A native lizard of Mexico. Che-lo'ni-a [Gr. chelone, tortoise.] An order of reptiles, including the turtles and tortoises. Chi-mae'roids [Gr. chimaira, a fabled monster; eidos, form.] An order of elasmobranchii (holocephali) with opercular membrane and smooth skin. Chi'ro-mys [Gr. cheir, hand; mus, mouse.] Chim-pan'zee [W. Afr. ] Anthropopithecus. A West African arboreal, anthropoid ape; five feet high; distinct eyelashes, eyebrows, and whiskers; very large ears. It approximates to man in its dentition and the length of its arms. Has darker hair than gorilla. Chi'tin-ous [Gr. chiton, tunic.] Pertaining to chitin, the horny substance in the skin of insects. Chro'ma-tin [Gr. croma, color.] Nuclear threads. Chor-da'ta [Lat. chorda, chord.] A subkingdom of animals with a notochord persistent or evanescent. Chro'mo-somes [Gr. croma, color; soma,, body.] Nuclear threads. Chry'so-thrix [Gr. chrysos, gold; thrix, hair.] Clo-a'ca [Lat. cloaca, a common sewer.] The common cavity into which the digestive, urinary, and genital canals empty in most vertebrates below placentals, and in all mammalian embryos. Coc'ci [Gr. kokkos, berry-.] PI. of coccus. Isolated spherical cells (bacteria). Co-coons' [F. cocon, dim. of cogue, shell; <Lat. concha, shell.] The protective envelopes spun by certain larval insects as silkworms, in which they are inclosed in the chrysalis state. Co-do-si'ga um-bel-la'ta [Gr. kodon, a bell; sige, silence; Lat umbella, dim. of umbra, shade.]