he part
behind the thorax in insects.

~Adult~ ([)a]-dult'). (L. adultus = grown up.) Grown to full size and
strength.

~Anchor~ (ang'-kor). (Gr. = a hook.) Anchors are used to fasten ships by
a line to the bottom of the sea. Applied to anything that holds a
movable body fast in one place.

~Antenna~ pl. ~Antennae~ (an-ten'-nee). The feeler in front of the
insect's head with which it hears and smells as well as feels.

~Aphis~ ([=a]'-fis) pl. ~Aphides~ (af'-i-d[=e]z).

~Aphid~ (af'-id) The plant louse, of which there are a great
many kinds.

~Apparatus~ (ap-a-r[=a]'-tus). Tools or machinery used in working or in
making things.

~Aquarium~ (a-kw[=a]'-ri-um). (L. aquarium = watering-place for cattle.)
A vessel of water for keeping water plants or water animals.

~Attract~ (at-trakt'). (L. attractus = draw to.) To draw toward.

~Audubon~ (aw'-do-bon), John James. A very famous student of birds and
their ways. In his great book, "The Birds of America," which was
published in 1827, there are many large colored drawings made by
himself.

~Beech-nuts~ Small, three-cornered nuts that grow on beech trees, and
that are very sweet and good.

~Breeding-place~ The place where young animals are born.

~Brood~ A family of young animals.

~Caddice~, or ~Caddis fly~ (kad'-is fl[=i]). Sometimes called "case
fly," from the case or shell which the larva makes about itself;
"caddice" is another way of saying "case."

~Camera~ (kam'-e-ra). An instrument for taking photographs.

~Cannibal~ (kan'-[)i]-bal). A human being who eats human flesh. Any
animal that eats others of its own kind.

~Cargo~ (kar'-go). The goods or merchandise or whatever is carried in a
ship.

~Carnivorous~ (kar-niv'-[=o]-rus). (L. carnivorus = flesh-eating.)
Applied to animals that feed on flesh, and plants that feed on insects.

~Cast~ The cast-off skin of an insect that keeps the form of the
insect's body.

~Characteristic~ (kar-ak-te-ris'-tik). Showing the peculiar qualities of
a person or thing.

~Chitinous~(k[=i]'-tin-us). Hard, horny, and shell-like.

~Cicada~ (si-k[=a]'-dae). (L. cicada = tree cricket.) A popular name for
insects, like the grasshopper, locust, and cricket, which make a
creaking or chirping noise.

~Cochineal~ (koch'-i-n[=e]l or koch-i-n[=e]l'). A crimson dyestuff made
of the dried bodies of certain small insects. The insect is also called
cochineal.

~Cocoon~ (ko-koon'). (L. concha = a shell.) The silky envelope whi