Bullidæ (bulide)

pl. [NL., and is now mostly limited to Tectibranch i at a with an involute ovate shell and a lingual ribbon with numerous rows of teeth, each row having a central tooth and numer bullion ous nearly uniform lateral teeth. The species are marine, frequenting sandy or muddy bottoms near the shore, going into water. The shell is often spotted. Also written Bullade. See cut under Bulla bull i form (bul'i-form), a. [L. bulla, a bubble, etc., + form a, shape.] 1. Resembling a blister. The bull i form or hygroscopic cells of gra es and sedges. Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., XXXII. 331. 2. Having the form characteristic of the genus Bulla, or of gastropods of the family Bullida. bullimongt, bullimungt, n. [Also bullimony, bollimony; origin uncertain.] A mixture of oats, peas, and vetches. Tu er; Grose. bullimony (bul'i-mō-ni), n. Same as bullimong. bulling (bul'ing), n. [Appar. verbal n. of bull, v., 1, throw up, to .] A method of detaching loosened ma es of rock from their bed by exploding gunpowder which has been poured into the fi ures.