Fis' sion, a method of reproduction used in all cells, by which a cell divides itself into two, usually through the center. See also Conjugation and Budding.

Fla gel' lum (pl. flagella), vibrating hairs larger than cilia and less numerous.

Food-balls, bits of food inside the cells of many one-celled animals, usually showing through the walls.

Food-vacuole, a small drop of water containing digestive material and a food-ball.

Fo ra' men, an opening or short passage.

Gall-bladder, a membranous sac for the storage of gall, or bile, at the lower edge of the liver (syn. "bile sac").

Gas ter op' o da, the class to which the snail belongs.

Ge' nus (pl. genera), a group of closely related species.

Germ-spot, the region in the bird's egg in which development first takes place.

Gill, an apparatus for breathing the air dissolved in water.