VOCABULARY. 



A. 



Ablagerung, formation, deposit. 



abschniiren, to detach. 



abyssal, same word. 



Actinien, actinia. 



Algenkalke, algae limestones. 



Anden, Andes. 



anschwemmen, to wash to a shore 

 or bank, to float to a place. 



angeschwemmte Lander, land 

 formed by alluvium, alluvial soil. 



anorganisch unorganisch. 



Antillen(archipel), the Antilles. 



Antillenmeer, Caribbean sea. 



Araometer, areometer. 



Area, same word. 



Aschentuffe, ashtuffs. 



Ascidien, ascidia. 



Astuarium, estuary. 



Atemrohren, siphons {A tern, 

 breath; Rohre, tube). 



Atmospharilien, atmospheric agen- 

 cies. 



Atolle, atolls. 



Aufschuttung, heaping up. 



Auftrieb, buoyancy. 



Augenfleck, eye-spot. 



Ausbuchtung, bending out (JSucht, 

 bay; ausbuchten, to bend out- 

 wards in bay-like form). 



Ausgleichstromung, equalization 



current. 



ausschalten, to eliminate, remove. 

 Azoren, Azores. 



B. 



Bakterien, bacteria. 



Balanen, acorn -shells. 



Balanus, same word. 



Balkenkreuz, cross of squared tim- 

 ber (Batten, beam, timber). 



Bandertange, sea-tangles, devil's 

 apron-strings. 



Barium, same word. 



Barriereriff, barrier-reef. 



Barteln, barbels. 



Bauch, ventral side. 



Baumchen, tree-like forms. 



Beerentang, sea-grape. 



Belag, coating, layer. 



Belgien, Belgium. 



Benguela, Benguella. 



Benthos, same word. 



besiedeln, to colonize. 



Beuteltier, marsupial. 



Bimsstein, pumice-stone. 



Binneneis, same as Inlandeis. 



bionomisch, bionomic. 



Blasentang, bladder-wrack. 



Blumenkrone, calyx. 



