lutraria

[Fem. sing. of Mod. Lat. lutrar ius of or belonging to an otter, from Lat. lutra = an otter.] [LUTRA.] 1. Zool .: Otter's shell; a genus of conchiferous mollusks, family Mactride. The shell, which is oblong, gapes at both ends; the cartilage-plate prominent, with one or two teeth in front of it in some in this country, others in Britain, Africa, India, New Zealand, . 2. Palæont.: Twenty-five fo il species, from the Carboniferous onward. ( Woodward .) April 17, 1521. When in the face of the a embled each valve; animal with the mantle-lobes closed; dignitaries, civil and ecclesiastical, of the empire, foot rather large. The species burrow vertically in he refused to retract his views unle first convinced sand or mud, especially of streams, from low water to that they were erroneous, it was the subiimest twelve fathoms. Eighteen recent species are known, moment in his history. On returning from the Diet his friends carried him off and concealed him for some months in the Castle of Wartburg, on a mountain near Eisenach. In 1522 he ventured to return to Wittenberg to restrain some of his more extreme followers. Believing that monastic vows should not be imposed, and were not binding, he, in 1524, threw off his monastic dre , and next year, though pledged in his youth to celibacy, married, some of his followers following his example. Not withstanding all the perils so long confronting him, he died at Eisleben in 1546, not by violence but by disease. From the time that Luther broke with Catholicism, he required to think out a scheme of doctrine and discipline for his followers. The demands of both friends and opponents compelled Luther, his amiable coadjutor, Me lanch thon, and others in 1530 to formulate its statements. [AUGSBURG CONFES SION.] A year previously the Luther ans, protesting against the decisions of the second Diet of Spires, for the first time were called Protestants (q.v.).