(from: Bailey, B. 1999. Bull. Malacol. Soc. Lond. 32:6-7)
G |
H |
I, J, K |
gal- milk
gale- weasel gall- of France gangli- knot gano- shining gast(e)r- stomach, pouch gemin- twins gemm- bud genu- knee, joint geranium- crane gerro- shield gladi- sword glen- socket glia- glue glom(er)- half of yam glo(ss/tt)- tongue glut- sticky gl(uly)c- sweet glypt- carved, engraved gnaph- wool gnath- jaw goni- angle gono- seed gracil- slender gram- of grass gymn- naked gyn- woman gyr- turning |
haem- blood
hal- salty hallu(x/ci)- big toe hamat- hook haplo- single, simple hasta(t)- spear-tip shape hect- hundred heira- hawk helios- sun helminth- worm helo- wart hemi- half hepa(r/t)- liver hepta- seven hetero- different hex- six hibem- winter hippo- horse hirsut- hairy hispid- bristly histri- actor holo- complete, whole homo- man, same homal- flat hormon- that which excites hortens- of gardens humus- ground hyal- glassy hydr- water hyemal- winter hyo- U-shaped hyper- above hypo- beneath |
ichthy- fish
-ida- like -idae- ending of zoological family names ileum- twisted impar- unpaired in- in, not -in- diminutive -inae- ending of zoological sub-family names incarnat- flesh coloured incis- cutting in incus- anvil inermis- unarmed inflexis- rigid infra- under inter- between intra- within iod- violet -iola- diminutive iris- rainbow iso- equal iter- passage jug- yoked together jungoljunc- to bind ket- ketone kilo- thousand |
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