(from: Bailey, B. 1999. Bull. Malacol. Soc. Lond. 32:6-7)
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M |
N |
labi- lips
labyrinth- tortuous passage lacer- torn lacrim- tears lact- milk lacuna- space laevo- left lagena- flask lamella- leaf, layer lan(at)- wool lanceol(at)- lance-shaped lati- broad lecith- egg yolk lemm- skin, husk lens- lentil, bean leo(n)- lion lepid- scale lepto- slender leuc- white levator- lifter lign- wood ligul- strap-shaped lin- line ling- tongue lip- fat lith- stone log(y)- discourse loph- crest lumen- cavity luna- moon lupus wolf lute- yellow lymph- clear water lysis- loosen |
macr- large
macula- spot magni- large maj- greater mala- cheek malleus- hammer, mallet mamma- breast mandib- lower jaw manu- hand maritim- of the sea marsupium- pouch masseter- chewer mast- nipple mat(e)ri- mother maxi- large maxill- jaw maxim- greatest meatus- passage medi- medium medull- marrow mega- large mel(l)i- honey melan- black menin(x,g)- membrane meno- moon mer- part meso- middle meta- after micro- small milli- thousand min- smaller minim- smallest mirabile- wonderful miss- sent mito- thread mixi- mingle moll- soft monil- string of beads mono- one montan- of mountains morph- form motor- mover multi- many mural- walls muri- mouse myo- muscle, mouse myri- countless myx- mucous myz- sucker |
na(rls)- nose
necro- dead necto- swimming nema- hair nemoral- in woods neo- new nephr- kidney neur- nerve nictitat- winking nigr- black non- not nona- nine noth- spurious notho- southern noto- back, south nu(clx)- nut nuch- back of neck nucle- little nut nud- naked nulli- none nutans- nodding |
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