The Conchologist's First Book / A System of Testaceous Malacology, Arranged Expressly for the Use of Schools, in Which the Animals, According to Cuvier, Are Given With the Shells, a Great Number of New Species Added, and the Whole Brought Up, as Accurately as Possible, to the Present Condition of the Science.

by Edgar Allan Poe; Thomas Brown

Bifid, opening with a cleft.

Bilobate, divided into two lobes.

Bimarginate, two margins or lips.

Biradiate, having two rays.

Bivalve, having two valves.

Blunt, obtuse, opposed to acute.

Borer, a piercer.

Bulging, gibbous, swollen out.

Byssus, common in the Mytilus and Pinna, by which they attach themselves to objects.

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