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FRONS, n. Forehead. (34.)

FRON´TAL, a. Pertaining to the forehead.

FRON´TAL BONE, n. Principal bone of the forehead.

FRON´TAL POINTS. See ANTIÆ. (36.)

FRONT OF TARSUS. Instep. (104.)

FRUGIV´OROUS, a. Fruit-eating.

FULIG´INOUS, a. Sooty-brown; dark smoky brown.

FUL´VOUS, a. Of a brownish-yellow color.

FUR´CATE, a. Forked; forficate.

FUR´CULA or FUR´CULUM, n. The merry-thought or wish-bone; the two clavicles or collar-bones taken together. Also called os furcatum.

FUS´COUS, a. Of a dark-brown color.

FU´SIFORM, a. Spindle-shaped; tapering at each end.

GAL´EATE, a. Covered as with a helmet; said of certain gallinules, coots, etc.

GALL, n. Bile; the secretion of the liver.

GALL-BLAD´DER, n. Membranous sac attached to liver for holding bile.

GALL-DUCT, n. Tube for conveyance of bile into the intestine; the ductus choledochus.

GALLINA´CEOUS, a. Belonging to the Gallinæ; having the nature of the domestic fowl.

GANG´LION, n.; pl. ganglia. Natural knot-like enlargement of a nerve.

GAPE, n. Opening of the mouth; area of the opened mouth. (28.) Compare RICTUS and COMMISSURE.

GASTRÆ´UM, n. The whole under part of a bird. (16.)

GAS´TRIC, a. Pertaining to the stomach or belly. The gastric juice of birds is the secretion of the proventriculus, or follicular stomach, not of the gizzard or grinding muscular stomach.

GASTROCNE´MIUS, n. A muscle of the back of the leg.

GEMEL´LI, n. pl. The twins; certain muscles of the pelvis.

GE´NA, n. Cheek; feathered side of under mandible. (43.) See MALAR REGION.

GEN´ERATIVE OR´GANS, n. Organs of reproduction in either sex.

GENER´IC, n. Pertaining to a genus; as, generic character, generic description.

GEN´ESIS, n. Act, mode, or conditions of reproduction. In science, genesis notes rather the laws and results of origination of individuals or species. The “genesis of species” is a term equivalent to the evolution of species from antecedent forms, with some; with others, their origination by creative fiat.

GENET´IC, a. Pertaining to genesis. Genetic descent, or genetic succession in species, is maintained by those who hold the theory of evolution.