Aydin,
The Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, and Collegiate Thesaurus are
both on the Britannica web site http://www.britannica.com/
Bruce

----- Original Message -----
From: "Orstan, Aydin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: collecting and taxonomic help needed


> Albinaria caeruleus/coeruleus indeed has bluish patches on its shell.
>
> What is the address for that dictionary?
>
> Aydin
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Livett Family [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 8:17 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: collecting and taxonomic help needed
> >
> >
> >coe·ru·le·us
> >
> >I know this term from neuroanatomy where it is used to
> >describe a group of
> >nerve cells in the base of the brain "locus coeruleus" that
> >appear blue,
> >possibly due to copper bound to an enzyme there - confirmed by
> >looking up
> >Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary on the web where it says :
> >
> >Main Entry: locus coe·ru·le·us
> >Variant(s): also locus ce·ru·le·us /-si-'rü-lE-&s/
> >Function: noun
> >Etymology: New Latin, literally, dark blue place
> >Date: circa 1889
> >: a blue area of the brain stem with many
> >norepinephrine-containing neurons
> >
> >In contrast, caeruleus did not elicit a response from this
> >dictionary !!
> >
> >Bruce L.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Monfils, Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 1:48 AM
> >Subject: Re: collecting and taxonomic help needed
> >
> >
> >> caeruleus/a/um is the Latin word for blue.  coeruleus/a/um
> >doesn't mean
> >> anything that I am aware of, yet I have seen this spelling
> >in a number of
> >> species names, presumably intended to have the same meaning
> >as caeruleus.
> >> Anyone know why this is so?
> >>
> >> Paul M.
> >>
> >
>