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A GLOSSARY OF LATIN TERMS 



Divergens, tending to various parts 

 from one point. 



Dorsum, the back, the upper surface 

 when the shell is laid on the aper- 

 ture. 



Diiplicattis, doubled. 



Ecaudatus, without a tail. 

 Echinatus, beset with prickles. 

 Edenlulus, without teeth. 

 Effusus, opposed to Coarctatus, hav- 

 ing the lips separated by a hollow 

 groove ending like a spout formed 

 to pour out. 

 Elongatus, lengthened. 

 Emarginatus, having the margin with 



a hollow groove. 

 Eminens, standing up. 

 Ensiformis, sword-shaped. 

 Epidermis, the outward thin skin. 

 Erecfus, upright. 

 Erosus, gnawed. 

 Exaratus, defaced, furrowed, 

 Exasperatiis^ sharpened. 

 Excavatus, hollowed. 

 Exciirrens, running out. 

 Exoletus, as if worn out or oblite- 

 rated. 



Explanntus, spread out wide. 

 Exquisitus, fine. 



Exsertus, thrust out. 



Externus, outward. 



Extimus, the last. 



Extus, without. 



Exumbilicatus, withoiit an umbilicus. 



Fuba, a bean. 

 Fascia, a band. 

 Fasciatus, banded. 



Fasciciihdus, having little bands. 



Fasciculus, a little band. 



Fastigiatus, in bundles. 



Faux, the mouth or throat. 



Ferrugineus^ of a rusty iron colour. 



Filiformis, thread-shaped. 



Fimbriatus, fringed. 



Fimbricalus, tattered. 



Fissum, a cleft or notch in the fore 

 part of the lip, as in Murex Raby- 

 lonius. 



Fissus, cloven. 



Fistulosus, hollow. 



Flavesceas, yellowish. 



Flexuosus, zigzag, Ijending, waved. 



Foliaceus, leafy. 



Foramen, a hole. 



Fornicalus, arched or hollowed. 



Fornix, an arch, cavity, or vault. 



Fossula, a little hollow or pit. 



Foveola, a little hollow which receives 

 a tooth of the opposite valve. 



Frondosus, having branches extend- 

 ing from the ridges that cross the 

 whorls of some of the Mitric^s. 



Fragiiis, brittle. 



Fuscus, brown. 



Fusiformis, spindle-shaped, swelled in 

 the middle, gradually tapering to 

 each end. 



Galea, a helmet. 

 Geminalus, double. 

 Geniculuin, the knee joint, 

 Gibbus, hunched, swelling out. 

 Glaber, bright, smooth, bare. 

 Glaberrimus, very bright or smooth. 

 Globosus, globular. 

 Granulatus^ beaded. 



