ARMURE

(Fr.),n. ’r. See ARMA and ARMATURE.—A. buccale. The hard ti ues or parts at the oral opening of the alimentary canal, including the teeth, etc., serving to protect the soft parts, to comminute the food, and to prevent its escape. [L, 158.] —A. copula trice. Certain appendages of the penis in some animals, serving to protect it when flaccid or to retain it in the vagina during copulation. In many insects they consist of a circle of. per aes at the base of the organ. |L, 158 as des jambes. See Hipro- CAMPUS major.—A. gastrique. The “gastric mill”; a collection of hard, bone-like papillæ found in the stomach in many of the lower animals, serving to triturate the food. [L, 158; Mocquard, * Ann. des sci. nat.,” xvi, p. 1(L).|—A. génitale. See A. copula trice.— A. pharyngienne. Hard papillz of the pharynx found in many insects, serving the same purpose as the œ. gastrique. [L, 158.]