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LAOTROPE.—Sinistral. 
' Lentrcuntar.—Lens-shaped. 
LINEOLATE.—Marked with fine or obscure lines. 
Lunate.—Crescent-shaped. 
Monitirorm.—Necklace-shaped ; beaded. 
Mvcronate.—Tipped with a short and abrupt small 
apex. 
Motrisprrat.— With many spirals. 
Non-OPERCULATED.—Not provided with an operculum. 
OBLoNG.—Considerably longer than broad, and with 
nearly parallel sides. ° 
OxzovaLt.—Oval, with the broader end towards the 
apex. 
OsrusE.— Blunt. 
OPERCULATED.—Provided with an operculum. 
ORBICULAR.—Flat, with a circular outline. 
Ovat.—Broadly elliptical. 
OvatE.—Egg-shaped. 
Ovorp.—Nearly oval. 
OvorDAL.— Somewhat ovoid. 
PavcrisPIRAL.— With few spirals. 
PECTINIFORM.—Shaped like a comb. 
PrELLUcID.—Transparent ; diaphanous. 
PENULTIMATE.—Applied to the last whorl but one. 
QUADRANGULAR.—Having four angles, and, conse- 
quently, four sides. 
Ruomepic.—Shaped like a rhomb. 
RuomBorpaAL.—Shaped like a rhomboid. 
Rorunp.—Rounded in outline. 
RuGOSE : 
Peccsgy:—Wrinkled. 
Sus.—Denotes in compounds somewhat or slightly. 
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