hal1otoid

[Mod. Lat. haliotis (q. v.), and Gr.eidos=form, appearance.] Zool.: Resembling the Haliotis (Ear-shell) in form. hăl-1-plus, s . [Gr. haliplous , a contr. for hali ploos =(1) covered with water, (2) (later) sailing on the sea, pref. hali- (2), and plous , contr. for ploo8 = a voyage.] Entom.: A genus of beetles, family Dytiscide. They are small, active water-beetles. hā-lite, s. [Gr. hals (gen it. halos )=a grain or lump of salt, rock salt, and lithos =a stone.] Min.: Under this designation Dana described common salt. The Brit . Mus . Cat . prefers to make halite a synonym of salt (q. v.). (See also Rock SALT.) hal-i-thër-I-ŭm, s. [Pref. hali- (2), and Greek therion a wild animal.] Palæont .: A genus of Sirenia, having, according to Profe or Flower, an o ified thigh-bone articulated to a well-defined acetabulum in the pelvis, thus making some approach to an ordinary hoofed quadruped. (Darwin: Origin of Species , 6th ed., p. 302.)