GLOSSAKY. 



CONCHOLOGY. 



ABDO'MEN. The belly; the cavity 

 which contains the stomach, liver, 

 &c. 



ABDO'MINAL. Belonging or relating 

 to the belly. 



ACE'PHALA (a-ke'f-ala.) From the 

 Greek, a, without, and kephale, 

 head, without a head. The Latin 

 word animalia, animals, is under- 

 stood ; therefore, acephala means 

 animals without a head. 



ACE'PHALA (a-ke'f-alay'). Latin. Flu- 

 ral of acephala. 



ACE'PHALOUS (a-ke'f-alous). Head- 

 less ; belonging or relating to ace- 

 phalae. 



ACETA'BULIFE'RA. From the Latin, 

 aceta'bulum, a little cup, and fero, 

 I carry. Applied to those cephalo- 

 pods that have cups or suckers on 

 their arms or tentacles. 



ACHATI'NA (akate'na). From the 

 Greek, achates, agate. Name of a 

 genus of terrestrial gasteropods, 

 sometimes known as the agate 

 snails. All the species of this 

 genus are ovi'parous, and one, the 

 Achatina zebra, figured on page 

 41, lays eggs with a hard, white 

 shell and as large as those of a 

 sparrow. 



ADDU'CTOR (muscle) From the Latin, 

 addu'co, I draw towards. The 

 muscle which draws the valves 

 of a bivalve shell towards each 

 other, is so called. 



AD'NATE. Adhering or growing to- 

 gether. 



AGGLU'TINANS. Latin. Glueing; a 



gasteropod which has the faculty 



of causing other species, or parts 



of shells, to adhere to it, is so 



named. 



AGGREGA'TA. Latin. Gathered to- 

 gether. 



AGGRE'STIS. Latin. Rural, wild. 



AKE'RA. From the Greek, a, with- 

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out, and keras, horn, hornless. 

 Name of certain mollusks that 

 have very short tentacles, or none 

 at all (page 64). 



AKE'RA. Plural of Akera. 



ALA'TED. Winged. 



ALIMEN'TARY (canal). The intestinal 

 tube is so called because it is the 

 medium through which food is 

 conveyed into the body. 



ALU'CO. Specific name of a shell 

 (page 54). 



AM'BIENT. 'Surrounding, investing. 



AMBRE'TTE. From the French, 

 ambre, amber ; name of a shell 

 supposed to resemble amber (page 

 41). 



AM'MON. From the Greek, ammos, 

 sand. Name of a heathen divinity 

 whose temple was in the sands of 

 the desert. 



AM'MONITES. Ammonites, -vulgarly 

 called Snake Stones, are fossil 

 shells found in the strata of the 

 secondary formation, varying from 

 the size of a bean to the dimen- 

 sions of a coach-wheel. Their 

 name is derived from their resem- 

 blance to the horns on the statue 

 of Jupiter Amtnon (page 31). 



AMPULLA'RIA. From the Latin, am- 

 pulla, a bottle or jug ; any thing 

 puffed or swelled out. 



AMPULLA'RIA. Plural of ampullaria. 



ANA'TIFA. From the Latin, anas, 

 in the genitive case, anaiis, a duck, 

 and fero, I bear ; a genus of bra- 

 chiopod mollusks. It was for a 

 long time believed that certain 

 ducks were derived from the 

 metamorphosis of these animals ; 

 and for this reason they were 

 called anatifa. 



ANATI'NA. Name of bivalves which 

 resemble the Solens (page 86). 



ANGIO'STOMA. From the Greek, ag 



