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GLOSSARY. 



tinned from the other along the 

 base of the penultimate whorl. 



Lobe, a division ; a distinct part. 



Longitudinal, lonjy-tewdin-al, 

 measured by the length ; running 

 in the longest direction. 



Lubricate, lewbry-kate, to make 

 smooth or slippery. 



LuBRicoiDES, loobry-koi-dees, of a 

 smooth appearance. 



LuBRiCUS, loobry-kuss ; Lubrica, 

 loobry-kah ; LUBRICUM, loobry- 

 kum, smooth, slippery. 



LuNULE, lune-yule, in bivalve 

 shells, a depression situated near 

 to and in front of, as well as some- 

 times behind, the umbones. 



Lustrous, luss-truss, bright, shin- 

 ing. 



LuTEA, looty-ah, yellowish. 



M. 



Maculated, mak-you-late-ed, 



spotted. 

 Maculosus, mak-you-lo-suss, 



spotted. 

 Major, ma-jor, larger. 

 Malacology, mal-ak-ollo-je, the 



science which treats of molluscous 



animals. 

 Margaritacea, margar-i-taysy-ah, 



pearly. 

 Margaritaceous, margar-i-tay- 



shuss, pearly ; resembling a pearl. 

 Margaritifer, margar-ity-fur, 



pearl-bearer. 

 Marginal, marjin-al, on, or near 



to, the margin or edge. 

 Marginatus, marjin-ate-uss ; 



Marginata, marjin-ate-ah, bor- 

 dered. 

 Maritima, mar-itty-mah, maritime ; 



inhabiting sea- coasts. 

 Mature, perfect, full-grown. 

 Maugei, Mawjy-i. See note, p. 189. 

 Maxim us, maksim-uss, largest. 

 Membranaceous, mem-bran-a- 



shuss, formed of fine membranes, 



or fibres interwoven. 



Microscopic, mykro-skop-ik, so 

 small as to be visible only by the 

 aid of a microscope, or powerful 

 magnifier. 



Microstoma, mi - krosstom - ah, 

 having a small mouth. 



Minimus, minny-muss, 1 



Minima, minny-mah, > smallest. 



Minimum, minny-mum, ) 



Minor, mi-nor, smaller. 



Minutissima, min-you-tissy-mah, 

 smallest, most minute. 



Mollusc, moll-usk, a soft-bodied 

 animal. 



MoNTANUS, mon-tay-nus, inhabit- 

 ing mountains. 



Mortoni, Mor-tow-ni. See note, 

 p. 189. 



MOULINSIANA, mool-insy-ane-ah, 

 named after M. des Moulins, a 

 French conchologist. 



Mucus, mew-kuss, a slimy fluid 

 which in the case of molluscs is 

 secreted (or separated from other 

 fluids) by the mantle. 



MuCRONATA, mew - cro > nate - ah, 

 pointed. 



Muscular Impressions or Scars, 

 pit-like marks or impressions in 

 bivalve shells, which are caused 

 by the attachment of the muscles 

 of the animal. See Introduction. 



N. 



Nacreous, naykree-us, like mother- 

 of-pearl. 



Nana, nay-nah, a dwarf. 



Natation, na-ta-shun, the act of 

 swimming. 



Nautileus, nau-tilly-uss, resem- 

 bling a nautilus, a tropical ma- 

 rine shell. 



Nelsoni, Nelson's. 



Nemoralis, nemmo-ray-lis, living 

 in groves. 



Neritid^, ner-rit-id-ee, a family 

 of univalve molluscs. 



Neritina nerry-ti-nah, diminutive 

 ol Nerita, a genus of marine shells. 



