Part 6201

<blockquote>And what is so rare as a day in <b>June</b>? Then, if ever, come perfect days. <i> Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>June beetle</col>, <col>June bug</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus <spn>Lachnosterna</spn> and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larv\'91 of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also <altname>May bug</altname> or <altname>May beetle</altname>.</cd> -- <col>June grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See <er>Blue glass</er>, and <i>Illustration<i> in Appendix.</cd></cs>

<h1>Juneating</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>June"a*ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of early apple.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>jenneting</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Juneberry</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>June"ber`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The small applelike berry of American trees of genus <spn>Amelanchier</spn>; -- also called <altname>service berry</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called <altname>shad bush</altname>, and <altname>had tree</altname>.</def>

<h1>Jungermannia</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Jun`ger*man"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Jungermanni\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. Named after Ludwig <ets>Jungermann</ets>, a German botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the order, which is sometimes therefore called <altname>Jungermanniace\'91</altname>.</def>

<h1>Jungle</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Jun"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>jangal</ets> desert, forest, jungle; Skr. <ets>ja<?/gala</ets> desert.]</ety> <def>A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.</def>

<-- (Fig.) 2. a place of danger or ruthless competition for survival. "It's a jungle out there" 3. anything which causes difficulty due to intricacy; as a jungle of environmental regulations. (MW10) -->

<blockquote>The <b>jungles</b> of India are of bamboos, canes, and other palms, very difficult to penetrate. <i> Balfour (Cyc. of India).</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Jungle bear</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the aswail or sloth bear.</cd> -- <col>Jungle cat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the chaus.</cd> -- <col>Jungle cock</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the male of a jungle fowl.</cd> -- <col>Jungle fowl</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Any wild species of the genus <spn>Gallus</spn>, of which several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the fork-tailed <i>jungle fowl<i> (<spn>G. varius</spn>) of Java, <spn>G. Stanleyi</spn> of Ceylon, and <spn>G. Bankiva</spn> of India.</cd> <note>The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is supposed to be one of the original species from which the domestic fowl was derived.</note> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An Australian grallatorial bird (<spn>Megapodius tumulus</spn>) which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter, where they are hatched by the heat produced by decomposition.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jungly</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Jun"gly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature of a jungle.</def>

<h1>Junior</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Jun"ior</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. contr. fr. <ets>juvenior</ets>, compar. of <ets>juvenis</ets> young. See <er>Juvenile</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Less advanced in age than another; younger.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Junior</i> is applied to distinguish the younger of two persons bearing the same name in the same family, and is opposed to <i>senior or elder</i>. Commonly applied to a son who has the same Christian name as his father.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; <as>as, a <ex>junior</ex> partner; <ex>junior</ex> counsel; <ex>junior</ex> captain.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; <as>as, the <ex>junior</ex> class</as>; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See <er>Junior</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.</def>

<blockquote>Our first studies and <b>junior</b> endeavors. <i> Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Junior</h1> <Xpage=805>

<hw>Jun"ior</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A younger person.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>junior</b> she, by thirty years. <i> Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a <i>senior</i>; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course.</def>

<h1>Juniority</h1> <Xpage=805>