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

Ensisform, sabre-shaped.

Entire, whole.

Epidermis, the outer coating of a shell.

Equilateral, all sides alike.

Equivalve, both sides alike.

Exserted, protruding.

F.

Falcated, hooped like a scythe.

Fasciated, covered with bands.

Ferruginous, of an iron colour.