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Definition of shell
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Shell (n.) A hard
outside
covering,
as of a fruit or an
animal..
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Cowry
::
Cowry (n.) A
marine
shell of the genus
Cypraea.
Marginella
::
Marginella
(n.) A genus of
small,
polished,
marine
univalve
shells,
native
of all warm
seas..
Pearl
::
Pearl (n.) A
shelly
concretion,
usually
rounded,
and
having
a
brilliant
luster,
with
varying
tints,
found in the
mantle,
or
between
the
mantle
and
shell,
of
certain
bivalve
mollusks,
especially
in the pearl
oysters
and river
mussels,
and
sometimes
in
certain
univalves.
It is
usually
due to a
secretion
of
shelly
substance
around
some
irritating
foreign
particle.
Its
substance
is the same as
nacre,
or
mother-of-pearl.
Pearls
which are
round,
or
nearly
round,
and of fine
luster,
are
highly
esteemed
Scallop
::
Scallop
(v. t.) To mark or cut the edge or
border
of into
segments
of
circles,
like the edge or
surface
of a
scallop
shell.
See
Scallop,
n., 2..
Unilocular
::
Unilocular
(a.)
Having
one cell or
cavity
only; as, a
unilocular
capsule
or
shell..
Eggshell
::
Eggshell
(n.) The shell or
exterior
covering
of an egg. Also used
figuratively
for
anything
resembling
an
eggshell.
Sutured
::
Suture
(n.) A seam, or
impressed
line, as
between
the
segments
of a
crustacean,
or
between
the
whorls
of a
univalve
shell..
Crusta
::
Crusta
(n.) A crust or
shell.
Perforata
::
Perforata
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Foraminifera,
including
those
having
perforated
shells..
Nautilus
::
Nautilus
(n.) The only
existing
genus of
tetrabranchiate
cephalopods.
About four
species
are found
living
in the
tropical
Pacific,
but many other
species
are found
fossil.
The shell is
spiral,
symmetrical,
and
chambered,
or
divided
into
several
cavities
by
simple
curved
partitions,
which are
traversed
and
connected
together
by a
continuous
and
nearly
central
tube or
siphuncle.
See
Tetrabranchiata..
Explode
::
Explode
(v. i.) To burst with force and a loud
report;
to
detonate,
as a shell
filled
with
powder
or the like
material,
or as a
boiler
from too great
pressure
of
steam..
Megastome
::
Megastome
(n.) One of a group of
univalve
shells,
having
a large
aperture
or
mouth..
Trochus
::
Trochus
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
marine
univalve
shells
belonging
to
Trochus
and many
allied
genera
of the
family
Trochidae.
Some of the
species
are
called
also
topshells.
Sounding
::
Sounding
(n.) The sand,
shells,
or the like, that are
brought
up by the
sounding
lead when it has
touched
bottom..
Calamary
::
Calamary
(n.) A
cephalopod,
belonging
to the genus
Loligo
and
related
genera.
There are many
species.
They have a sack of
inklike
fluid which they
discharge
from the
siphon
tube, when
pursued
or
alarmed,
in order to
confuse
their
enemies.
Their shell is a thin horny
plate,
within
the flesh of the back,
shaped
very much like a quill pen. In
America
they are
called
squids.
See
Squid..
Umbilicus
::
Umbilicus
(n.) A
depression
or
opening
in the
center
of the base of many
spiral
shells.
Inoperculate
::
Inoperculate
(a.)
Having
no
operculum;
-- said of
certain
gastropod
shells.
Turbo
::
Turbo (n.) Any one of
numerous
marine
gastropods
of the genus Turbo or
family
Turbinidae,
usually
having
a
turbinate
shell,
pearly
on the
inside,
and a
calcareous
operculum..
Bulimus
::
Bulimus
(n.) A genus of land
snails
having
an
elongated
spiral
shell,
often of large size. The
species
are
numerous
and
abundant
in
tropical
America..
Conch
::
Conch (n.) In works of art, the shell used by
Tritons
as a
trumpet..
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