O.

Ob, prefixed to words, is used for inversely or inverted; as obconic, inversely conic; obcordate, inversely heart-shaped.

Oblong-ovate, egg-shaped or oval.

Obsolete, indistinct, not well defined.

Ocellated, applied to eyelike spots.

Ochreous, of the colour of yellow ochre.

Offuscated, darkened, clouded, dimmed.

Olivaceous, being of a greenish olive colour.

Operculum, a lid which closes the aperture of some turbinated univalves; and also some of the tops of multivalves.

Orbicular, spherical, circular, round.

Order, the second division of the animal kingdom. Orders are made up of a plurality of genera.

Orifice, an opening or perforation.

Ovate, shaped like the longitudinal section of an egg.

Ovoid, oval.