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GLOSSARY. 



GASTEROPODOUS, gaster-oppo-dus, 

 belonging to the Gasteropoda, a 

 class of molluscs whose foot is 

 attached to the belly or lower 

 part of the body. 



GELATINOUS, je-lattin-us, resem- 

 bling jelly ; sticky. 



GENERIC, je-nerrik, belonging to a 

 genus. 



GENUS, jee-nuss, a race ; a term 

 applied to a group of species 

 which resemble each other more 

 or less closely. 



GEOMALACUS, jee-o-malla-kuss, 

 earth-mollusc. 



GIBBOSA, gibb-o-sah, hump-backed ; 

 swollen. 



GIBBOUS, gib-bus, convex, promi- 

 nent, projecting. 



GIGAXII. See note, p. 189. 



GILL, the organ of breathing in 

 fishes, and some molluscs. 



GLABER, gla-ber; GLABRA, gla- 

 brah, smooth. 



GLUTINOSA, glue-tin-o-sah, slimy, 

 glutinous. 



GRACILIOR, grah-silly-or, more 

 elegant. 



GRANULE, gran-youle, a grain, a 

 small particle. 



GRANULAR, gran-youl-ur, consist- 

 ing of grains. 



GRANULATED, gran-you-late-ed, 

 covered with small grains. 



GREGARIOUS, gre-gary-us, flocking 

 together, living in common. The 

 a is long, as in care. 



H. 



HABITAT, habby-tat, natural abode, 

 dwelling-place. 



HALIOTIDEA, h lly-o-tide-eah, re- 

 sembling Haliotis, the ear-shell. 



HALIOTOID, hally - o - toid, ear- 

 shaped. 



HELICID,*:, hel-iss-id-ee, a family of 

 land molluscs 



HELIX, he-liks a coil. 



HELMII, Helmy-i. See note, p. 189. 



HENSLOWANA, Henslow-ane-ah, 

 named after Professor Henslow. 



HERBIVOROUS, her-bivvo-rus, eat- 

 ing herbs. 



HERMAPHRODITE, her-maffro-dite, 

 an animal which is both male and 

 female. 



HINGE, in bivalve shells, the part 

 where the valves are joined to- 

 gether by the ligament, and teeth. 



HISPID, hiss-pid, rough, shaggy, 

 hairy. 



HISPIDA, hisspid-ah, bristly. 



HORTENSIS, hor-ten-siss, living in 

 gardens. 



HYALINE, hyal-in, glassy, trans- 

 parent. 



HYBRIDA, hybrid-ah, hybrid, the 

 offspring of two distinct species. 



HYPNORUM, hip-no-rum, living 

 among Hypnum, a genus of 

 mosses. 



IMMATURE, immat-your, imperfect, 



not full grown. 

 IMPREGNATED, im-preg-nate-ed, 



made prolific, or fruitful. 

 INCONSPICUOUS, in-con-spik-you- 



us, not to be seen ; scarcely 



visible. 

 INCRASSATA, in-crass-ate-ah, thick, 



solid. 



lNCURVED,in-kurve'd,bentinwards. 

 INDENTATION, in-dent-a-shun, an 



impression, or hollow, like that 



formed by the bite of a tooth. 

 INDIGENOUS, in-did-jin-us, native, 



not foreign. 

 INEQUILATERAL, in-eke-we-latter- 



al, having the sides of unequal 



breadth. 

 IN PLATA, in-flate-ah, blown out, 



inflated, swollen. 



INFLECTED, in-flekt-ed, bent in- 

 wards. 

 INOPERCULAR, in-op-erkyoul-ar, 



or INOPERCULATE, in - op- 



erkyoul-ate, without an oper- 



culum. 



