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GLOSSARY, 



Paludinid.^, pal-you-dynid-ee, a 

 family of freshwater molluscs. 



Palustris, pal-uss-triss, living in 

 boggy places. 



Parasite, parrah-site, an animal or 

 plant which attaches itself to 

 another. 



Parasitic, parrah-sittik, existing on 

 or inhabiting some other body. 



Paucispiral, paw-se-spiral, having 

 only a few whorls ; with a short 

 spire. 



Pectinated, pektin-ate-ed, toothed 

 like a comb. 



Pectinibranchiata, pek-tinny- 

 branky-ate-ah, an Order of mol- 

 luscs, so named because their 

 gills are pectinated, or comb-like. 



Pedicle, ped-ikkle, a short foot- 

 stalk. 



Pellucida, pel-lewsid-ah, trans- 

 parent. 



Penultimate, pe - nulty - m^^^te, 

 almost the last ; the last but one. 



Peregra, perry-grah, a traveller. 



Periphery, per-iffery, the circum- 

 ference or outer line of a circle ; 

 in spiral shells the centre or 

 widest part of the last, or body- 

 whorl. 



Peristome, perry-stome, the mar- 

 gin of the mouth or aperture of 

 univalve shells. 



Perversa, per-verse-ah, turned or 

 twisted the wrong way. 



Physa, fy-sah, a bladder. 



PiCTA, pik-tah, painted. 



PiCTORUM, pik-tow-rum, belonging 

 to painters. 



Pis AN A, pi-sane-ah, belonging to 

 Pisa, a town in Italy. 



PisiDioiDES, Pi-siddy-oi-dees, re- 

 sembling Pisidium. 



PisiDiUM, Pi - siddy - um, pea- 

 shaped. 



Planorbis, plan-orbiss, a flat coil. 



Plicate, ph-kate \io\dcd. 



Plicated, pli-kate-ed, J 



PoMATiA, po-maysheah, having an 

 operculum. 



POLYMORPHA, polly-mor-fah,many- 

 shaped. 



Posterior, pos - teery - or, the 

 hinder part ; in bivalve shells the 

 side opposite to that on which 

 the ligament is placed. 



Process, pross-ess, progressive 

 change, as process of time, fer- 

 mentation, decomposicion, &c. 

 The word is also applied to any 

 part (of an animal, or other body) 

 for which there is no particular 

 name. For example, the oper- 

 culum of the NeritidcB is provided 

 with "a projection or plate-like 

 appendage " (see p. 22) ; in this 

 case the word process might have 

 been used instead of appendage. 



Protuberance, pro-tewberance, 

 a projection, a swelling. 



Pulchella, pul-kella, beautiful, 

 the itl pronounced as in pulse. 



Pulmonobranchiata, pulmonno- 

 branky-ate-ah, an Order of mol- 

 luscs, so named because their 

 gills resemble lungs. 



Pupa, p^w-pah, a doll or puppet ; 

 applied to the chrysalis of insects 

 and a genus of land shells. See 

 p. 150. 



PuRUS, pew-russ, clear. 



Pusillum, pew-sill-um, 



PusiLLA, pew-sill-ah, 



PUTRIS, pew-triss, living among 

 decayed matter. 



Pygm^a, pig-me-ah, dwarf, tiny. 



Pyramidal, pirr-ammy-dal, re- 

 sembling a pyramid. 



Pyramidalis, py-rammy-day-lis, 

 in the form of a pyramid. 



PYRiFORM,pirry-form, pear-shaped. 



Q. 



Quadrilateral, kwodril-latteral, 

 having four sides. 



R. 



Radiata, ray-de-ate-ah, rayed. 

 Radiate, ray-de-ate, to send out 

 rays. 



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little. 



