The opposite of albinism; an undue development of colouring material in the skin and its appendages.

Sedimentary rocks which have undergone alteration, generally by the action of heat, subsequently to their deposition and consolidation.

One of the great divisions of the animal kingdom, including those animals which have a soft body, usually furnished with a shell, and in which the nervous ganglia, or centres, present no definite general arrangement. They are generally known under the denomination of “shellfish;” the cuttlefish, and the common snails, whelks, oysters, mussels, and cockles, may serve as examples of them.