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CONCHOLOGY.— GLOSSARY. 



those fluids into the surrounding 

 textures. 



Fasci'culus. — Latin. A bundle. 



Fasci'culi. — Plural of fasciculus. 



Fi'brous. — Composed of fibres. 



Fili'form. — From the Latin, Jilum^ 

 a thread. Thread-like. 



Firo'la. — Name of a genus of gaste- 

 ropods {page 67). 



Firo'lje. — Plural of Firola. 



Fissure'lla. — From the Latin, ^nio, 

 I split. A genus of gasteropods 

 having a split or opening in the 

 top of the shell. 



Fissure'll.^. — Plural of Fissurella. 



Fistula'na. — From the Latin, ^sfi/Zfl, 

 a pipe. Name of a tribq of mol- 

 lusks {page 88). 



Fistula'n.^. — Plural of Fistulana. 



Fo'llicle. — From the Latin, follis, a 

 bag, A little bag or sack. 



Forami'nife'ra. — From the Latin, 

 foramen., a hole, and fero, I bear. 

 Name of a tribe of very minute 

 shells. 



FoRMA'TirsM. — A geological term ap- 

 plied to a group of deposits or strata 

 apparently referable to a common 

 orijrin or period. 



Fo'ssA. — Latin. A pit, a hollow. 



Fos's.E. — Plural of fossa. 



Fra'gilis. — Latin. — Fragile ; easily 

 broken. 



Fu'cus. — Latin. Sea-weed. 



Fu'sus. — Latin. A spindle. 



Gale'a. — Latin. A helmet. 



Gan'glia. — Plural of ganglion. 



Ga'nglion. — From the Greek, gag- 

 glion, a knot. An enlargement or 

 knot in the course of a nerve is 

 termed a ganglion. 



Ga'nglionic. — Consisting of, or re- 

 lating to ganglia. 



Ga'steropods. — From the Greek, 

 gaster, belly, and pous, foot. Sys- 

 tematic name of a class of mol- 

 lusks, comprehending those which 

 have a ventral muscular disc, 

 adapted for creeping. 



Ga'steropo'da. — Latin. Gasteropods. 



Ga'steropo'dous, — Belonging or re- 

 lating to gasteropods. 



Gas'troch^'na. — From the Greek, 

 gaster, belly, and chaind, I gape. 

 A genus of bivalve mollusks, in 



which a large hiatus or gape inter- 

 venes between the closed valves, on 

 the ventral aspect of the animal 

 {page 88). 



Gas'troch^'n^. — Plural of gastro- 

 chaena. 



Ge'nus. — Latin. A kindred, breed, 

 race, stock, lineage or family. 



Ge'nera. — Latin. Plural of genus. 



Gland. — An organ for the purpose 

 of secreting a peculiar fluid, &-c. 



Gla'ndular. — Relating to glands. 



Glau'cus. — From the Greek, glaukos, 

 blue. Name of a genus of mollusks 

 {■page 66). 



Glo'bose. — Globe-like ; globular. 



Glycy'mera, or glyci'meris. — Name 

 of a genus of bivalve mollusks 

 {page 86). 



Gryph^'a. — From the Greek, gru- 

 pos, incurved. A genus of mol- 

 lusks of the family of Ostracea 

 {page 73). 



Ha'liotis. — From the Greek, als, the 

 sea, and ous, the ear. Name of a 

 genus of gasteropods {page 60). 



Halio'tides. — Plural of Haliotis. 



Har'pa. — Latin. A harp. 



Helici'na. — Name of a genus of gas- 

 teropods. 



He'lix. — From the Greek, elix, a 

 spiral, a whorl. Name of a genus 

 of gasteropods {page 39). 



Heli'ces. — Plural of Helix. 



Hemi'cyclo'stoma, — From the Greek^ 

 emisus, half, kuklos, round, and 

 stoma, mouth. Name of a tribe of 

 gasteropods {page 49). 



Herbi'vorous. — From the Latin, 

 kerba, plants, and voro, I eat. 

 Plant-eating ; applied to animals 

 that feed on vegetables. 



Herma'phrodite. — From the Greek, 

 ermes. Mercury, and aphrodite^ 

 Venus. An organized body, com- 

 bining in reality or appearance the 

 characteristics of both sexes. 



He'teropods. — From the Greek ete. 

 ros, various, and pous, foot. The 

 name of an order of gasteropods. 



He'teropo'da. — Latin. Heteropods 

 {page 66). 



He'teropo'dous. — Belonging or relat- 

 ing to heteropods. 



Hiatus. — Latin. A yawning, » 

 gape. 



