VARIETY

(Lat. varietas.) In Zoology, this term is. applied to individuals of the same species, which, from th^ operation of different causes, as age, climate, food, loca-. lity, domestic i it i on, ., present deviations from the spe, cific type in size, colour, form, and relative proportion of parts of the body; but have the capacity of reverting ta the original typical form in succe ive generations, on the ce ation of the influences under wiiich the variety originated. [s. 1298]