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Shipworm :: Shipworm (n.) Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo..

Boomerang :: Boomerang (n.) A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward t

Stenodermine :: Stenoderm (n.) Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane..

Flacket :: Flacket (n.) A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.

Balanoid :: Balanoid (a.) Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle..

Spatangus :: Spatangus (n.) A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea.

Hammerhead :: Hammerhead (n.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish..

Calycozoa :: Calycozoa (n. pl.) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.

Annulus :: Annulus (n.) Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals..

Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.

Monitor :: Monitor (n.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting..

Stylus :: Stylus (n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond..

Water Pitcher :: Water pitcher () One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type.

Raising :: Raising (n.) The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning..

Slug :: Slug (n.) An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun..

Cucurbitive :: Cucurbitive (a.) Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.

Scyphus :: Scyphus (n.) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen..

Stippled :: Stipitiform (a.) Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

Run :: Run (v. i.) To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like..

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