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TTians, gaping', opening. 

 Hirsutus, hairy, bristly. 

 Hispidus, covered with strong hair. 



Iinhricatim, tiled, laying over one 

 another like the tiles of a house. 



Imperforatus, unpierced, having no 

 holes. 



Incarnatus, flesh-coloured. 



Incisus, notched. 



Jticrassatus, made thick. 



Incumhens, lying down or upon. 



Incurvatus, curved inwards. 



Indistinctus, indistinct, confused. 



Itidirisus, undivided, uncloven. 



InceqitdUs, unequal. 



IncEquilal€ralis, unequal-sided, ap- 

 plied to a shell having one side of 

 the beak not equally curved with 

 the other. 



Ifmequivalvia, unequally valved, ap- 

 plied to shells having one valve 

 flatter than the other. 



Inermis, unarmed, weak. 



Inferus, inferior, lower. 



Inflaliis, swoln. 



Injlexiis, bent inwards, 



Infundibiiliformis, funnel-shaped. 



In serins, thrust in. 



Integer, entire, whole, not cut or hol- 

 lowed. 



Integerrimus, very entire. 



Interjectiis, placed between. 



Intertextus, interwoven. 



Inlestinum, the inward part. 

 Inlrorsus, within. 



Intrusus, thrust in. 



Inlits, within. 



laviceni, in turns. 



Invohitus, with the outer lip rolled 

 inwards. 



Lahintiis, having lips. 



Lnhhim, or Labrum, the lip, or the 

 margin of the aperture. 



Laciniatus, jagged. 



Lacunosm,^'yHeA with hollowgrooves. 



Lacustris, belonging to a lake. 



LcBvis, smooth. 



LcE-cigatits, made smooth, as if washed- 



Lctviusculus, smoothish. 



LameUedus, with thin plates. 



Lanatus, cobwebbed, woolly. 



Ijcinceolatus, spear-shaped. 



Lateralis, belonging to a side. 



Latitudo, breadth. 



Lotus, broad. 



Lntiis, a side. 



Lcgiimen, a pod resembling that ola 

 pea. 



Ijenticidaris, like a lentil. 



Lentlformis, lentil-shaped. 



Limbus, a border. 



Linea, a coloured line. 



Linearis, strap-shaped. 



Lineatus, marked with coloured lines. 



Lingu<rformis, tongue-shaped. 



Litteratits, with marks like letters. 



Lividus, pale. 



Lohatus, divided into lobes. 



Longior, longer. 



Longitudinalis, lengthwise from the 

 base to the apex in univalves, or ra- 

 diating from the beak to the margin 

 in bivalves. 



Lucidus, bright. 



Lunatus, crescent-shaped. 



Lunidce, little moons. 



