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A GLOSSARY OF LATIN TERMS 



Lutescens, of a dirty clay colour. 

 Lt/ratus, lyre-shaped. 



Macula, a spot. 

 Major, larger, greater. 

 Margaritaceus, pearly. 

 Marginatus, with a thickened margin. 

 Margo, the margin or edge. 

 Membranaceus, skinny, like parch- 

 ment. 

 Modice, moderately. 

 Moniliformis, like a necklace. 

 Mucronatus, dagger-pointed. 

 Muricatus, with sharp points. 

 Mutilatus, cut off. 



Nates, the beaks of bivalves near the 



hinge. 

 Navicularis, boat-shaped. 

 Nebulosus, cloudy. 

 Nitidiis, shining, glittering. 

 Nodosus, knotty. 

 Notatus, marked. 



Obductus, spread out. 



Obliquiis, slant, oblique. 



Obliteratus, what can scarcely be per- 

 ceived. 



Oblongus, oblong, longer than oval, 

 and approaching a long square. 



Obovatus, about egg-shaped. 



Obsitus, covered all over. 



Obsolctus, worn out, indistinct. 



Obtectus, covered. 



Obtusus, blunt or obtuse. 



Ocellus, a little eye. 



Ochroleuca, brimstone colour. 



Oculus, an eye. 



Opactts, opake. 



Operculum, a lid or door, a small 

 piece of shell with which some uni- 

 valves close the aperture of their 

 shells. 



Operculatus, having a little lid or door. 



Orbicularis, globular. 



Oi'a/«, oval, having the two ends equal . 



Ovaius, egg-shaped. 



Pnllidus, pale. 



Palmatus, hand-shaped. 



Palustris, belonging to a lake. 



Papillosus, pimpled. 



Parallelus, parallel. 



Pariim, but a little. 



Parvus, small. 



Patens, expanding, opening. 



Putulus, open. 



Paulo, a little, somewhat. 



Paululiim, very little. 



Pectinatus, with ribs or ridges longi- 

 tudinal, or radiating fiom the beak 

 to the margin. 



Pellucidus, transparent. 



Peltatus, shaped like a shield or 

 target. 



Perforatus, with a hole. 



Pertusus, bored or deeply hollowed. 



Pictits, painted. 



Pili, hairs. 



Pilosus, hairy. 



Planus, flat. 



Planiusculus, flattish. 



Plicatus, folded, plaited. 



Plumosus, feathery. 



Poller, the thumb. 



Pollex, an inch. 



Pone, behind. 



Porrectus, extended, stretched out. 



