lapillus
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of lapillus
1740–50; < Latin: little stone, pebble, diminutive of lapis stone
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In the common British Purpura lapillus they resemble delicate pink grains of rice set on stalks; in Busycon they are disk-shaped, and attached to a band nearly 3 ft. long.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
The varieties of the P. lapillus differ considerably.
From History of Phoenicia by Rawlinson, George
The following marine shells occur mixed with the freshwater species above enumerated:—Buccinum undatum, Littorina littorea, Nassa reticulata, Purpura lapillus, Tellina solidula, Cardium edule, and fragments of some others.
From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Thus:— agellus, field, for ager-lus; lapillus, pebble, for lapid-lus.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
The four are the Buccinum lapillus of Pliny,285 which is the Purpura lapillus of modern naturalists; the Murex trunculus; the Murex brandaris; and the Helix ianthina.
From History of Phoenicia by Rawlinson, George
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