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eference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.

Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals.

One of numerous species of marine gastropod shells, belonging to Ranella and allied genera.

Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.

A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike.

One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. [Written also Gasterop…

An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setæ.

A marine fish. The name is applied to two species:

eltis tenax). -- Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid oralcohol. -- Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding.

One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.

A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.

A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).

A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.]

A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.

lis, and C. æstivus). They are bright green in color. -- Green turtle (Zoöl.), an edible marine turtle. See Turtle. -- Green vitriol. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and s…

Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also onion fish, and rat-tail fish.

A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.

One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and Grunt, n., 2.

A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Murænoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.

One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins. [Written also gournet.] Plyling gurnard. See under Flying.