Cestus

Girdle of Greek and Roman women; also, boxer's gauntlet. Cetacea (CETACEA-CARNIVORA, WHALES, etc.). Order of a deciduate placental Mammals, with fish-shaped, hairle body, the fore limbs modified as fin-like flippers, the hind limbs absent, a horizontal caudal fin, and sometimes a dorsal fin. The eyes are placed near the gape; the head is large, and no neck is present. The nostrils open on the top of the head as the "blow-holes" or spiracles. But one set of teeth is present, and this is usually lost in fœtal life. The lungs are very long; the mammæ are situated in the groin, and but one young is born at a time. They are carnivorous and often of great size. They are hunted for the oil which a heavy layer of sub-cutaneous fat affords. They are viviparous and warm blooded. Three sub-orders are included: Archæoceti , Mystacoceti , and Odontoceti. IMG:content-0811.png:[merged small][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed] enus's Girdle ( Cestus Veneris ). IMG:content-0812.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0813.png:[ocr errors] Ceylon. IMG:content-0814.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0815.png:[graphic]