CONCHOLOGY. GLOSSARY. 



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the Greek, brachion, an arm, and 

 pous, foot (page 92). 



BRA'CHIOPO'DA. See Brachiopod. 



BRA'NCHIA (Brarik-ea). Latin. A 

 gill. 



BRA'NCHIA (bran'k-eay). Plural of 

 branchia. 



BRANCHIAL, (brarik-eal), Belonging 

 or relating to the branchise, or gills. 



BUC'CAL. From the Latin bucca, the 

 cheeks. Belonging to the cheeks. 



BUC'CINUM. Latin. A trumpet or 

 horn ; a shell. 



BUC'CINA. Latin. Plural of Buc- 

 cinum. 



BUCCINOI'DES. From buccinum, and 

 the Greek, eidos, resemblance. 

 Systematic name of a family of 

 shells, the characters of which re- 

 semble those of the Buccinum. 



BY'SSUS. From the Greek, bussos, 

 fine flax. A bundle of silky fila- 

 ments, secreted by a gland at the 

 foot of certain bivalves, and serv- 

 ing as an organ of adhesion to 

 submarine rocks and other foreign 

 bodies. 



CALCA'REOUS. From the Latin, calx, 

 lime. Partaking of the nature of 

 lime. 



CALMA'RIES. From an old French 

 word, calmar, an inkstand, or a pen- 

 case ; this word is from the Latin, 

 calamus, a pen. Name of a family 

 of cephalopods (pages 23 and 29). 



CALYPTR^E'A. From the Greek, ka- 

 luptra, a covering. Name of a 

 genus of gasteropods (page 59). 



CALYPTR^;'^;. Plural of Calyptrte'a. 



CAM'ERINES. From the Latin, ca- 

 mera, chamber. Name of certain 

 microscopic shells (page 32). 



CAPI'LLARY. From the Latin, capil- 

 lus, a hair. Hair-like. 



CA'PULUS. Latin. A hilt or handle 

 (page 58). 



CA PULOI DBS. From the Latin, capu- 

 lus, and the Greek, eidos, resem- 

 blance (page 58). 



CA'PULOI'DA. Same as Capuloides. 



CAR'DIA. Latin. Plural of cardium, 

 a cockle. A genus of the family 



* of Cardiacea (page 84). 



CAR'DIAC. From the Greek, kardia, 

 the heart. Belonging or relating 

 to the heart. 



CARDIA'CEA. From the Latin, car- 

 dium, a cockle. Systematic name 

 of a family of acephalous mollusks 

 (page 83). 



CARDIA'CEA. Plural of Cardiacea. 



CAR'DITA. Genus of the family of 

 Cardiacea. 



CARDINAL (tooth). From the Latin 

 cardo, a hinge. Belonging or re- 

 lating to the hinge (pages 99, 

 100). 



CARDI'UM. Latin, a cockle. 



CAR'TILAGE. Gristle. 



CARTILA'GJNOUS. Belonging or re- 

 lating to cartilage. 



CARINA'RTA. From the Latin, can'wor, 

 a keel. A genus of heteropodous 

 gasteropods (page 66). 



CA'RINATE. From the Latin, carina, 

 a keel. When a surface has a 

 longitudinal elevated line like the 

 keel of a boat. 



CARNI'VOROUS. From the Latin, caro, 

 in the genitive case, carnis, flesh, 

 and voro, I eat. Flesh eating. 



CAS'SIS. Latin. A helmet (page 54). 



CA'VA (Vena). A name given to the 

 two great veins of the body, which 

 meet at the right auricle of the 

 heart. 



CEPHA'LIC. From the Greek, kephale, 

 the head. Belonging or relating 

 to the head. 



CE'PHA LOPODS (ke'f-a-lo-pods). From 

 the Greek, kephale, head, and pous, 

 in the genitive case, podos, foot. A 

 class of mollusks which have the 

 head situated between the body and 

 feet (page 19). 



CE'PHALOPO'DA. Latin. Cephalopods. 



CE'RITA. ) /0 



CERI'THIUM. f (See page 5^ 



CHAMA (kama). From the Greek, 

 chad, I gape. A cockle. 



CHAMA'CEA (ka-ma'-cea). From ch.a- 

 ma, a cockle. Systematic name 

 of a family of acephalous mollusks 

 (page 81). 



CHI'TON (ky'-tori). From the Greek, 

 chiton, a garment. Name of a cy- 

 clobranch gasteropod (page 62). 



CHON'DRUS (kon'drus). From the 

 Greek, chondros, cartilage. Name 

 of a genus of gasteropods (page 



CHO'ROID (fro-royed). From the Greek, 



