CONCHOLOGY.— GLOSSARY. 



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the Greek, brachion, an arm, and 

 pous, foot {page 92). 



Bra'chiopo'da. — See Brachiopod. 



Bra'nchia (Bran'k-ea). — Latin. A 

 gill. 



Bra'nchi.e (jbran'k-eay). — Plui-al of 

 branchia. 



Branchial (bran'k-eal). — Belong-ing 

 or relating to the branchise, or gills. 



Buc'cAL. — From the Latin buccce, the 

 cheeks. Belonging to the cheeks. 



Buc'ciNUM. — Latin. A trumpet or 

 horn ; a shell. 



Buc'ciNA. — Latin. Plural of Buc- 

 cinum. 



Buccinoi'des. — From buccinum, and 

 the Greek, eidos, resemblance. 

 Systematic name of a family of 

 shells, the characters of which re- 

 semble those of the Buccinum. 



By'ssus. — From the Greek, bussos, 

 fine flax. A bundle of silky fila- 

 ments, secreted by a gland at the 

 foot of certain bivalves, and serv- 

 ing as an organ of adhesion to 

 submarine rocks and other foreign 

 bodies. 



Calca'reous. — From the Latin, calx, 

 lime. Partaking of the nature of 

 lime. 



Calma'ries. — From an old French 

 word, calmar, an inkstand, or a pen- 

 case ; this word is from the Latin, 

 calamus, a pen. Name of a family 

 of cephalopods (pages 23 and 29). 



Calyptr/e'a. — From the Greek, ka- 

 luptra, a covering. Name of a 

 genus of gasteropods {page 59). 



Calyptr^'.'E. — Plural of Calyptrae'a. 



Cam'erines. — From the Latin, ca- 

 mera, chamber. Name of certain 

 microscopic shells {page 32). 



Capi'llary. — From the Latin, capil- 

 lus, a hair. Hair-like. 



Ca'pulus. — Latin. A hilt or handle 

 {page 58). 



Ca'puloi'des.— From the Latin, capu- 

 lus, and the Greek, eidos, resem- 

 blance {page 58). 



Ca'puloi'da. — Same as Capuloides. 



Car'dia. — Latin, Plural of cardium, 

 a cockle. A genus of the family 

 of Cardiacea {page 84). 



Car'diac. — From the Greek, kardia, 

 the heart. Belonging or relating 

 to the heart. 



Cardia'cea. — From the Latin, car- 

 dium, a cockle. Systematic name 

 of a family of acephalous mollusks 

 {page 83). 



Cardia'cea. — Plural of Cardiacea. 



Car'dita. — Genus of the family of 

 Cardiacea. 



Cardinal (tooth). — From the Latin 

 cardo, a hinge. Belonging or re- 

 lating to the hinge {pages 99, 



Cardi'um. — Latin, a cockle. 



Car'tilage. — Gristle. 



Cartila'ginous. — Belonging or re- 

 lating to cartilage. 



Carina'ria. — From the Latin, carina^ 

 a keel. A genus of heteropodous 

 gasteropods {page 66). 



Ca'rinate. — From the Latin, carina^ 

 a keel. Wlien a surface has a 

 longitudinal elevated line like the 

 keel of a boat, 



Carni'vorous. — From the Latin, caro^ 

 in the genitive case, carnis, flesh, 

 and voro, I eat. Flesh eating. 



Cas'sis, — Latin. A helmet {page 54). 



Ca'va (Vena), — A name given to the 

 two great veins of the body, which 

 meet at the right auricle of the 

 heart. 



Cepha'lic. — From the Greek, kephale, 

 the head. Belonging or relating 

 to the head. 



Ce'phai.opods {ke'f-a-lo-pods). — From 

 the Greek, kephale, head, and pous^ 

 in the genitive case, podos, foot. A 

 class of mollusks which have the 

 head situated between the body and 

 feet (page 19). 



Ce'phalopo'da, — Latin. Cephalopods. 



Ce'rita. > .^ _ . . 



Ceri'thium. ( {See page 5i.) 



Chama {kama). — From the .Greek, 

 chad, I gape, A cockle. 



Chama'cea {ka-ma'-cea). — From cha. 

 ma, a cockle. Systematic name 

 of a family of acephalous mollusks 

 {page 81), 



Chi'ton {ky'-ton). — From the Greek, 

 chiton, a garment. Name of a cy- 

 clobranch gasteropod {page 62). 



Chon'drus {kon'drus). — From the 

 Greek, chondros, cartilage. Name 

 of a genus of gasteropods (page 

 40). 



Cho'roid {ko-royed).-^Yvom the Greek, 



