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Definition of shell
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Shell (n.) The hard
covering
of an egg.
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Chlamyphore
::
Chlamyphore
(n.) A small South
American
edentate
(Chlamyphorus
truncatus,
and C.
retusus)
allied
to the
armadillo.
It is
covered
with a
leathery
shell or coat of mail, like a
cloak,
attached
along the
spine..
Turnip-shell
::
Turnip-shell
(n.) Any one of
several
large,
thick,
spiral
marine
shells
belonging
to Rapa and
allied
genera,
somewhat
turnip-shaped..
Conchyliaceous
::
Conchyliaceous
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
shells;
resembling
a
shell;
as,
conchyliaceous
impressions..
Shell
::
Shell (n.) An
instrument
of
music,
as a lyre, -- the first lyre
having
been made, it is said, by
drawing
strings
over a
tortoise
shell..
Gyration
::
Gyration
(n.) One of the
whorls
of a
spiral
univalve
shell.
Tusk
::
Tusk (n.) A
toothshell,
or
Dentalium;
--
called
also
tusk-shell..
Scleroid
::
Scleroid
(a.)
Having
a hard
texture,
as
nutshells..
Mortar
::
Mortar
(n.) A short piece of
ordnance,
used for
throwing
bombs,
carcasses,
shells,
etc., at high
angles
of
elevation,
as 45ยก, and even
higher;
-- so named from its
resemblance
in shape to the
utensil
above
described..
Scalaria
::
Scalaria
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
marine
gastropods
of the genus
Scalaria,
or
family
Scalaridae,
having
elongated
spiral
turreted
shells,
with
rounded
whorls,
usually
crossed
by ribs or
varices.
The color is
generally
white or pale.
Called
also
ladder
shell,
and
wentletrap.
See
Ptenoglossa,
and
Wentletrap..
Cardo
::
Cardo (n.) The hinge of a
bivalve
shell.
Mollusca
::
Mollusca
(n. pl.) One of the grand
divisions
of the
animal
kingdom,
including
the
classes
Cephalopoda,
Gastropoda,
PteropodaScaphopoda,
and
Lamellibranchiata,
or
Conchifera.
These
animals
have an
unsegmented
bilateral
body, with most of the
organs
and parts
paired,
but not
repeated
longitudinally.
Most of them
develop
a
mantle,
which
incloses
either
a
branchial
or a
pulmonary
cavity.
They are
generally
more or less
covered
and
protected
by a
calcareous
shell,
which may be
univalve,
bivalve,
or m
Maclurea
::
Maclurea
(n.) A genus of
spiral
gastropod
shells,
often of large size,
characteristic
of the lower
Silurian
rocks..
Limax
::
Limax (n.) A genus of
airbreathing
mollusks,
including
the
common
garden
slugs.
They have a small
rudimentary
shell.
The
breathing
pore is on the right side of the neck.
Several
species
are
troublesome
in
gardens.
See
Slug..
Tubivalve
::
Tubivalve
(n.) A shell or tube
formed
by an
annelid,
as a
serpula..
Siphonobranchiata
::
Siphonobranchiata
(n. pl.) A tribe of
gastropods
having
the
mantle
border,
on one or both
sides,
prolonged
in the form of a spout
through
which water
enters
the gill
cavity.
The shell
itself
is not
always
siphonostomatous
in this
group..
Squarroso-dentate
::
Squarrose
(a.)
Having
scales
spreading
every way, or
standing
upright,
or at right
angles
to the
surface;
-- said of a
shell..
Alveolus
::
Alveolus
(n.) A small
cavity
in a
coral,
shell,
or
fossil.
Torpedo
::
Torpedo
(n.) A kind of
detonating
cartridge
or shell
placed
on a rail, and
exploded
when
crushed
under the
locomotive
wheels,
-- used as an alarm
signal..
Sutured
::
Suture
(n.) A seam, or
impressed
line, as
between
the
segments
of a
crustacean,
or
between
the
whorls
of a
univalve
shell..
Calipash
::
Calipash
(n.) A part of a
turtle
which is next to the upper
shell.
It
contains
a fatty and
gelatinous
substance
of a dull
greenish
tinge,
much
esteemed
as a
delicacy
in
preparations
of
turtle..
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