(from: Bailey, B. 1999. Bull. Malacol. Soc. Lond. 32:6-7)
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Q, R |
obtect- concealed
obturat- closed obtusi- blunt occiden- Western occip- back of head oct- eight odont- tooth odor- fragrant oecious- house of oed- swollen oen- wine oesoph- gullet officinal- used in medicine -oid- like olecran- skull of elbow oleo- oily olfact- smelling oligo- few oliva- olive omaso- paunch oment- fat skin omm- eye omo- shoulder omphalo- navel onto- existing oo- egg op(t)- eye operculum- little cover ophi- snake ophthalmo- eye opistho- behind opoter- either or- mouth orbi- circle orch- testicle oriental- Eastern ornith- bird ortho- straight os(ti)- mouth os(s/t)- bone ostrac shell ot- ear ovi- sheep ovo- egg oxys, oxus- sharp, pointed |
pachy- thick
palae- old palli(um)- mantle pallid- pale palustri- in marshes pan- ali par(a)- near parie- wall parvi- little patella- small dish patens- spreading pect(or)- chest pectin- comb-like ped- foot, child pellucid- shining through pene- almost pent- five per(i)- through, beyond peregrin- foreign peri- around persic- peach petr- rock phaeo- dark phag- eat phalan(g/x)- close formation of troops phalar- shining phanero- visible pher- carry phil- love phloe- tree bark phor- carry pho(s/to)- light phragm- fence phren- diaphragm, mind phyl- tribe phyll- leaf physa- bladder physio- nature phyto- plant pil- hair pinea- pine cone pinnat- feather-shaped pisum- pea pisc- fish plac- plate, tablet plagio- oblique plan- flat platy- flat, broad plec(o/t)- twist, pluck plesio- near pleth- full pleur- side plex- interwoven plica- fold plum- feather pneu(mo/st)- air, lung pod- foot pogo- beard polio- grey polit- polished poll(ex)- thumb poly- many pons- bridge porc- pig porphyr- purple porta- gate post- after potam- river potero- drinking cup praeco- early pratens- in meadows pre- before prim- first pro- in front of proct- anus procumbens- lying flat profund- deep proliger- bear offspring prom- first proso- front prostratus- lying flat prot- first prunus- plum psamma- sand pseud- false psycho- mind psychro- cold pter- wing, fern ptyal- sahva pubescens- downy pubi- sexually mature pulmo- lung pungens- pungent pusill- very small pygo- rump pyl- gate pyo- pus pyro- heat, fire pyrus- pear |
quadr- four
quarter- four quin(t/que)- five rach- spine radi- root ram- branching ran- frog rapa- turnip raph- seam rect- straight reflex- bent back ren- kidney repens- crawling reptans- crawling retic- network retina- little net retro- behind, backward rhabd- rod rhach- spine rhage- tear, rent rhin- nose, snout rhiz- root rhodo- red rhynch- snout -rrh- flow rode- gnaw rogos- wrinkled rostr- beak, prow rota- tum, wheel rub(e)r- red rumen- throat |
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