GLOSSARY. 



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DREISSENID/E, Dry-seen-id-ee, a 



family of bivalve molluscs. 

 DUBIA, dewby-ah, doubtful. 



E. 



EDENTULA, e-dentewl-ah, toothless. 



ELEGANS, elly-gans, elegant. 



ELONGATA, e-long-gate-ah, length- 

 ened. 



ELONGATED, e - long - gate ed, 

 lengthened, drawn out. 



EMBRYO, em-bre-o, the offspring or 

 young in the first stages of its 

 growth before it is born. 



ENTIRE, en-tire, not interrupted, 

 not notched or fringed ; plain. 



EPIDERMIS, eppy-dermiss, the outer 

 or scarf-skin ; in shells, the horny 

 outer covering. 



EPIPHRAGM, eppy-fram, the plate 

 or film with which some molluscs 

 close the aperture of their shell ; 

 it is secreted by the mantle. 



EQUILATERAL, eekwe-latter-al, 

 having the sides of equal breadth. 



EQUIVALVE, eekwe-valve, having 

 the valves of equal length. 



ERICETORUM, er-ice-et-ore-um, in- 

 habiting heaths. 



ERODE, e-rode, to gnaw, to eat 

 away. 



EROSION, e-ro-zhun, an eating 

 away. 



EVERETTI, Ever-ett-i. See note, 

 p. 189. 



EXALBIDA, eks-albid-ah, whitish. 



EXCAVATUS, eks-kah-vate-uss ; Ex- 

 CAVATA, eks-kah-vate-ah, hol- 

 lowed out. 



EXCLUDE, eks-klude, to hatch, to 

 give birth to. 



EXCORIATED, eks-ko-re-ate-ed, 

 worn away, rubbed off, as the 

 skin or the epidermis. 



EXCRETORY, eks-kree-lurry, having 

 the power of ejecting or getting 

 rid of useless digested matter. 



EXOTIC, eks-ottik, foreign. 



F. 



FAUNA, fawn-ah, a term applied to 

 animals, as Flora is to plants. 

 The Fauna and Flora of a country 

 are the animals and plants which 

 inhabit it. 



FECUNDATION, fe-kun-day-shun, 

 the act of making prolific or 

 fruitful. 



FERRUGINOUS, fer-roojin-us, of the 

 nature of iron ; of the colour of 

 iron-rust. 



FILAMENT, filla-ment, a slender 

 thread. 



FILIFORM, filly-form, like a thread. 



FISSURE, fish-ure, a cleft. 



FLAVESCENS, flay-vess-ens, yel- 

 lowish. 



FLAVUS, flave-uss, yellow. 



FLEXIBLE, fleks-ibble, capable of 

 being bent. 



FLEXILE, fleks-il, easily bent. 



FLEXUOUS, fleks-you-us, bending, 

 winding in a curved direction. 



FLUVIATILE, flewvy-at-ile, living 

 in rivers. 



FLUVIATILIS, floovy-ate-il-iss, living 

 in rivers. 



FOLIACEUS, fo-le-a-shus, leaf-like ; 

 of the thickness of a leaf. 



FONTINALE, fontin-ale-e, living in 

 fountains. 



FRAGILIS, fradge-il-iss, frail. 



FULVUS, ful-vuss, tawny, yellow. 



FUSCA, fuss-kah, dark brown. 



FUSCOUS, fuss-kuss, of a dark brown 

 colour. 



FUSIFORM, fewsy-form, spindle- 

 shaped, swelling in the middle 

 and tapering more or less towards 

 each end. 



G. 



GAGATES, gay-gay-tees, jet. 



GAPING, gape-ing, yawning, open- 

 ing the mouth ; when the margin- 

 of bivalve shells do not meet they 

 are said to be gaping. 



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