tellinidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. tellin (a): Latin fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Zoology & Palæont .: A family of Sinu-pallial i a, with eleven species ( Woodward ), to which Tate adds three others. Shell equivalve, closed and compre ed; cardinal teeth two; siphons separate, long, and slender, siphonal fold large; foot tongue shaped. (See extract under TELLEN.) The family appears first in the Coal-measures. těl-lin-ite, s. [Mod. Lat. tellin (a); suff. -ite.] A fo il Tell in a (q. v.). těl'-lô-graph, 8. [TELELOGRAPH.] těll'-tāle, a. & s. [Eng. tell, v., and tale.] A. As adj.: Telling tales: given to blabbing or *B. As adj .: Of or pertaining to the earth. "Hear the tellurian lungs wheezing."-De Quincey: System of the Heavens. těl-lür'-ic (1), a . [Lat. tellus (gen it. telluris )=the earth.] Pertaining to or proceeding from the earth. "As regards its breadth the telluric movement went from the Lepontian Alps in the north to the Gulfs of Genoa and Lyons."- London Daily Telegraph.