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Anal. Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus, or ontlet. Anterior or præ-frontal. Belonging to the forehead, or forepart. Anterior or præ-ocular. Front portion of the region of the eye. Azygos. Single. Bifid. Two-cleft. Carinated. Keel-formed. Chin-shields. Chin coverings or protectors. Concave. Hollow and curved, or rounded. Coloration. The condition of colouring. Confluent. Running one into another. Contiguous. Touching. In actual or close contact. Declivous. Gradually descending, sloping. Diurnal. Relating to the day-time. Dorsal. Pertaining to the back. Elongate. Lengthened or stretched out. Foetus. Perfectly formed young in womb or egg. Foramen. A small opening. Genus. An assemblage of species possessing certain characters in common, by which they are distinguished from all others. Hexagonal. Having six sides and six angles. Hood. The dilatable portion of the neck of a poisonous Snake. Imbricate. Lying over each other, like the tiles or shingles on a roof. Iridescence. Exhibition of colours like those of the rainbow. Linguate. Tongue-shaped. Lobuliform. Having small lobed divisions. Loreal. Space between the bill or beak and the eye. Lower labials. Belonging to the lower lip, Maxillary. Relating to the jaw.