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Paries :: Paries (n.) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.

Gymnosomata :: Gymnosomata (n. pl.) One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.

Dodman :: Dodman (n.) A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod..

Cochleated :: Cochleated (a.) Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.

Galea :: Galea (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell..

Shell :: Shell (n.) A pod.

Multivalve :: Multivalve (n.) Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two pieces.

Sandworm :: Sandworm (n.) Any species of annelids of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters..

Nucula :: Nucula (n.) A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior..

Reprimer :: Reprimer (n.) A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again..

Orbulina :: Orbulina (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

Tubivalve :: Tubivalve (n.) A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula..

Inequilateral :: Inequilateral (a.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells..

Undulated :: Undulated (a.) Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell..

Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise..

Cockleshell :: Cockleshell (n.) One of the shells or valves of a cockle.

Shelly :: Shelly (a.) Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell..

Cowry :: Cowry (n.) A marine shell of the genus Cypraea.

Interseptal :: Interseptal (a.) Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel..

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