GLOSSARY. 



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Dreissenid^, Dry-seen-id-ee, a 



family of bivalve molluscs. 

 DuBiA, dewby-ah, doubtful. 



Edentula, e-dentewl-ah, toothless. 



Elegans, eily-gans, elegant. 



Elongata, e-long-gate-ah, length- 

 ened. 



Elongated, e - long - gate - ed, 

 lengthened, drawn out. 



Embryo, em-bre-o, the offspring or 

 young in the first stages of its 

 growth before it is born. 



Entire, en-tire, not interrupted, 

 not notched or fringed ; plain. 



Epidermis, eppy-dermiss, the outer 

 or scarf-skin ; in shells, the horny 

 outer covering. 



Epiphragm, eppy-fram, the plate 

 or film with which some molluscs 

 close the aperture of their shell ; 

 it is secreted by the mantle. 



Equilateral, eekwe-latter-al, 

 having the sides of equal breadth. 



Equivalve, eekwe-valve, having 

 the valves of equal length. 



Ericetorum, er-ice-et-ore-um, in- 

 habiting heaths. 



Erode, e-rode, to gnaw, to eat 

 away. 



Erosion, e-ro-zhun, an eating 

 away. 



Everetti, Ever-ett-i. See note, 

 p. 189. 



ExALBiDA, eks-albid-ah, whitish. 



EXCAVATUS, eks-kah-vate-uss ; Ex- 

 CAVATA, eks-kah-vate-ah, hol- 

 lowed out. 



Exclude, eks-klude, to hatch, to 

 give birth to. 



Excoriated, eks-ko-re-ate-ed, 

 worn away, rubbed off, as the 

 skin or the epidermis. 



Excretory, eks-kree-turry, having 

 the power of ejecting or getting 

 rid of useless digested matter. 



Exotic, eks-ottik, foreign. 



F. 



Fauna, fawn-ah, a term applied to 

 animals, as Flora is to plants. 

 The Fauna and Flora of a country 

 are the animals and plants which 

 inhabit it. 



Fecundation, fe-kun-day-shun, 

 the act of making prolific or 

 fruitful. 



Ferruginous, fer-roojin-us, of the 

 nature of iron ; of the colour of 

 iron-rust. 



Filament, filla-ment, a slender 

 thread. 



Filiform, filly-fonn, like a thread. 



Fissure, fish-ure, a cleft. 



Flavescens, flay-vess-ens, yel- 

 lowish. 



Flavus, flave-uss. yellow. 



Flexible, fleks-ibble, capable of 

 being bent. 



Flexile, fleks-il, easily bent. 



Flexuous, fleks-you-us, bending, 

 winding in a curved direction. 



Fluviatile, flewvy-at-ile, living 

 in rivers. 



Fluviatilis, floovy-ate-il-iss, living 

 in rivers. 



FOLIACEUS, fo-le-a-shus, leaf-like ; 

 of the thickness of a leaf. 



Fontinale, fontin-ale-e, living in 

 fountains. 



Fragilis, fradge-il-iss, frail. 



FULVUS, ful-vuss, tawny, yellow. 



FUSCA, fuss-kah, dark brown. 



Fuscous, fuss-kuss, of a dark brown 

 colour. 



Fusiform, fewsy-form, spindle- 

 shaped, swelling in the middle 

 and tapering more or less towards 

 each end. 



G. 



Gagates, gay-gay-tees, jet. 



Gaping, gape-ing, yawning, open- 

 ing the mouth ; when the margins 

 of bivalve shells do not meet they 

 are said to be gaping. 



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