GLOSSAKY. 



CONCHOLOGY. 



Abdo'men, — The belly; the cavity 

 which contains the stomach, liver, 



&C, 



Abdo'minal, — Belonging or relating 



to the belly, 

 A.ce'phala {a-ke'f-ala,) — From the 

 Greek, e, without, and kephale, 

 head, — without a head. The Latin 

 word animalia, animals, is under- 

 stood ; therefore, acephala means 

 animals without a head, 



AcE'PHAL^ (a-kef-alay). — Latin. Plu- 

 ral of acephala. 



Ace'phalous (a-ke'f.alous). — Head- 

 less ; belonging or relating to ace- 

 phalae. 



Aceta'bulife'ra. — From the Latin, 

 aceta'bulum, a little cup, and fero, 

 I carry. Applied to those cephalo- 

 pods that have cups or suckers on 

 their arms or tentacles. 



Achati'na (akate'na). — From the 

 Greek, achates, agate. Name of a 

 genus of terrestrial gasteropods, 

 sometimes known as the agate 

 snails. All the species of this 

 genus are ovi'parous, and one, the 

 Achatina zebra, figured on page 

 41, lays eggs with a hard, white 

 shell and as large as those of a 

 sparrow. 



Addu'ctor (muscle) — From the Latin, 

 addu'co, I draw towards. The 

 muscle which draws the valves 

 of a bivalve shell towards each 

 other, is so called. 



Ad'nate. — Adhering or growing to- 

 gether. 



Agglu'tinans. — Latin. Glueing; a 

 gasteropod which has the faculty 

 of causing other species, or parts 

 of shells, to adhere to it, is so 

 named. 



Aggrega'ta. — Latin. Gathered to- 

 gether. 



Aggre'stis. — Latin. Rural, wild. 



Ake'ra. — From the Greek, a, with- i 

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out, and keras, horn, — hornless. 



Name of certain mollusks that 



have very short tentacles, or none 



at all {page 64). 

 Ake'ra. — Plural of Akera. 

 Ala'ted. — Winged. 

 Alimen'tarv (canal). — The intestinal 



tube is so called because it is the 



medium through which food is 



conveyed into the body. 

 Alu'co. — Specific name of a shell 



(page 54). 

 Am'bient. — Surrounding, investing. 

 Ambre'tte. — From the French, 



ambre, amber ; name of a shell 



supposed to resemble amber (page 



Am'mon. — From the Greek, aynmos^ 

 sand. Name of a heathen divinity 

 whose temple was in the sands of 

 the desert. 



Am'monites. — Ammonites, vulgarly 

 called Snake Stones, are fossil 

 shells found in the strata of the 

 secondary formation, varying from 

 tlie size of a bean to the dimen- 

 sions of a coach-wheel. Their 

 name is derived from their resem- 

 blance to the horns on the statue 

 of Jupiter Amnion (page 31). 



Ampulla'ria. — From the Latin, am- 

 2)ulla, a bottle or jug ; any thing 

 puffed or swelled out. 



AinPULLA'RiiT:. — Plural of ampuUaria. 



Ana'tifa. — From the Latin, anas^ 

 in the genitive case, anatis, a duck, 

 and fero, I bear ; a genus of bra- 

 chiopod mollusks. It was for a 

 long time believed that certain 

 ducks were derived from the 

 metamorphosis of these animals ; 

 and for this reason they were 

 called anatifa. 



Anati'na. — Name of bivalves which 

 resemble the Solens (page 86). 



Angio'stoma.— -From the Greek, ag . 



