A	B	C
a(n)- without ab- away from abduc- lead from acanth- prickle acer- without horns acetabul- vinegar cup aceto- acid acin- cluster of grapes acri- acrid, sharp acro- summit, top actin- ray acust- of hearing ad- towards adipo- fat adventit- coming to aegopod- goat-foot aestiv- summer affer- carrying to agrest- rural, wild agro(st)- field al(i)- wing alb- white allant- sausage allium garlic alopec- fox altissim- tall alve- pit, socket ambly- blunt ambul- walk ammo- sand amnio- fetal envelope amoeb- change amphi- both amplex- clasping ampulla- flask amygdala- almond shaped organ amyl- starch an- without ana- up, back, again anatol- east Anagallis- delightful anchus- bend, bay andr- male anemo- wind angi- vessel angul- angle angusti- narrow ankylo- stiff jointed annu- annual anomo- lawless, irregular anser- geese ante- before antho- flower anthro- human anti- against, opposite antr- cave apo- separate, from aqua- water aguilin- eagle-beaked arach- spider arbor- tree arc- arch arch(ae/i)- ancient arct(i/o)- north, bear are- space areni- sandy arg(en/lyr)- silver arthro- joint artic- jointed artio- even-numbered arundin- reed-like asc- sac asper- rough aspid- shield ast(e)r- star astrag- dice (originally a knuckle bone) ater, atra- black Atlas= a Titan(mythical giant) who supported the world on his shoulders atr(ium)- vestibule Atropos= one of the Fates who cut the thread of life aur- ear, gold austral- southern auto- self aux- grow avi- bird axi- axis azyg- unpaired	baca- small berry baccatus- berried baena- walking balan- acorn barb- beard basi- at the bottom bat(is) skate, ray bdella- sucker bell- pretty bi- two bi(ola)- life blast- germ bore- north botry- small bunch of grapes bov- ox brachi- arm brachy- short brady- slow branch- gill brevi- short brizo- to nod bromo- oats, broom, shadow bronch- windpipe bucca- mouth cavity bulbos- bulbous bulla- bubble, flask bullat- wrinkled buno- hill bursa- pouch, purse	caduci- temporary caec- blind caerul- sky blue caespit- tufted calam- reed, aspen calc- stone calli- beautiful callos callous calor- heat calyx cup, chalice camp- field campanula bell cani- dog cap(it)- head capill- hair capsella- small box card- heart carin- keel cam- flesh carotid- producing stupor carp- seed, wrist cary- nut cata- down cauda- tail cav- hollow centi- hundred ceph(al)- head cera(s)(t)- horn cerc- horns, lobes, short tail cerebro- brain cerv- neck ch(e)ir- hand chaero- to please chaet- bristle chamae- on ground chel- turtle cheno- goose chiasm- crossing chil- lip chlamy- outer garment chlor- green choan- funnel chondr- cartilage chord- cord chorion membrane chrom- colour chrys- golden chyl- fluid chym- juice cili- eyelash ciner- ashen, grey cipit- head circum- around cirr- tentacle (originally curl) cl(e)ist- closed clad- branch clast- broken clav- key cleid- key cleithr- bar, key clin- bed, recline cloaca sewer coccus berry, grain cochl- shell coel- hollow col(on) large intestine coll- neck collat- borne together columella little column com- with commis- sent out communis- colonial commutat- changed compact- compact compress- flattened con- with conch- shell condyl- knuckle cono- cone contra- opposite convolvo- to entwine copro- dung cora(xlg)- raven corb- basket cord- heart corium- leather corn- horn coron- crown corp- body cort- bark cost- rib cotyl- cup crani- skull crass- thick crep- shoe cribi- sieve cric- ring crispus curled crist- crest crosso- fringe, tassel cru(rals)- shank cruci- cross-like crypt- hidden cten- comb cune-wedge cusp- lance, point cuti- skin cyan- blue cycl- circular cyno- dog cyst- capsule cyt- cell

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