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A GLOSSARY OP 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. 



Dup/icatus, doubled. 



Ecaudafiis, without a tail. 



Echinafus, beset with prickles. 



Edentiilus, without teeth. 



Effiisus, opposed to Coarclatiis, hav- 

 ing the lips separated by a hollow 

 groove ending like a spout formed 

 to pour out. 



Elongatits, lengthened. 



Emarginatus, having the margin with 

 a hollow groove. 



Eminens, standing up. 



Ensiformis, sword-shaped. 



Epidermis, the outward thin skin. 



Erectus, upright. 



Erosus, gnawed. 



Exaratus, defaced, furrowed, 



Exasperatus, sharpened. 



Excavatus, hollowed. 



Excurrens, running out. 



Exoletus, as if worn out or oblite- 

 rated. 



Explanafits, spread out wide. 



Exquisitus, fine. 



Exsertus, thrust out. 



Externtis, outward. 



Extimus, the last. 



Extus, without. 



Exumbilicatus, without an umbilicus. 



Faba, a bean. 

 Fascia, a band. 

 Fasciatus, banded. 



Fasciculatus, having little bands. 



Fasciculus, a little band. 



Fastigiatus, in bundles. 



Faux, the mouth or throat. 



Ferrugintus, of a rusty iron colour. 



Filiformis, thread-shaped. 



Fimbriatiis, fringed. 



FimbricuUis, tattered. 



Fissum, a cleft or notch in the fore 

 part of the lip, as in Murex Bahi/- 

 lonius. 



Fissus, cloven. 



Fistulosus, hollow. 



F/avescens, yellowish. 



Flexuosus, zigzag, bending, waved, 



Foliaceus, leafy. ■ 



Foramen, a hole. 



Fornicatus, 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 Murices. 



Fragilis, brittle. 



Fuscus, brown. 



Fusiformis, spindle-shaped, swelled in 

 the middle, gradually tapering to 

 each end. 



Galen, a helmet. 

 Geminattts, double. 

 Geniculum, the knee joint. 

 Gibbus, hunched, swelling out. 

 Glaber, bright, smooth, bare. 

 Glaberrinuis, very bright or smooth. 

 Globosus, globular. 

 Granulatus, beaded. 



