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Definition of shell
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Shell (n.) The hard
covering
of an egg.
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Aplacophora
::
Aplacophora
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Amphineura
in which the body is naked or
covered
with
slender
spines
or
setae,
but is
without
shelly
plates..
Lamellibranchiata
::
Lamellibranchiata
(n. pl.) A class of
Mollusca
including
all those that have
bivalve
shells,
as the
clams,
oysters,
mussels,
etc..
Prop
::
Prop (n.) A
shell,
used as a die. See
Props..
Discoid
::
Discoid
(a.)
Having
the form of a disk, as those
univalve
shells
which have the
whorls
in one
plane,
so as to form a disk, as the
pearly
nautilus..
Tube-shell
::
Tube-shell
(n.) Any
bivalve
mollusk
which
secretes
a
shelly
tube
around
its
siphon,
as the
watering-shell..
Scallop
::
Scallop
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
marine
bivalve
mollusks
of the genus
Pecten
and
allied
genera
of the
family
Pectinidae.
The shell is
usually
radially
ribbed,
and the edge is
therefore
often
undulated
in a
characteristic
manner.
The large
adductor
muscle
of some the
species
is much used as food. One
species
(Vola
Jacobaeus)
occurs
on the coast of
Palestine,
and its shell was
formerly
worn by
pilgrims
as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land.
Called
also fan
shell.
See
Pecten,
2..
Putamen
::
Putamen
(n.) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe
fruit.
See
Endocarp.
Picking
::
Picking
(n.) The
pulverized
shells
of
oysters
used in
making
walks.
Gryphaea
::
Gryphaea
(n.) A genus of
cretaceous
fossil
shells
allied
to the
oyster.
Cannonade
::
Cannonade
(n.) The act of
discharging
cannon
and
throwing
ball,
shell,
etc., for the
purpose
of
destroying
an army, or
battering
a town, ship, or fort; --
usually,
an
attack
of some
continuance..
Brace
::
Brace (n.) A piece of
material
used to
transmit,
or
change
the
direction
of,
weight
or
pressure;
any one of the
pieces,
in a frame or
truss,
which
divide
the
structure
into
triangular
parts.
It may act as a tie, or as a
strut,
and
serves
to
prevent
distortion
of the
structure,
and
transverse
strains
in its
members.
A
boiler
brace is a
diagonal
stay,
connecting
the head with the
shell..
Goroon Shell
::
Goroon
shell () A
large,
handsome,
marine,
univalve
shell
(Triton
femorale)..
Fossil
::
Fossil
(a.) Like or
pertaining
to
fossils;
contained
in
rocks,
whether
petrified
or not; as,
fossil
plants,
shells..
Serpulite
::
Serpulite
(n.) A
fossil
serpula
shell.
Neomenoidea
::
Neomenoidea
(n. pl.) A
division
of
vermiform
gastropod
mollusks,
without
a
shell,
belonging
to the
Isopleura..
Sclerenchyma
::
Sclerenchyma
(n.)
Vegetable
tissue
composed
of short cells with
thickened
or
hardened
walls,
as in
nutshells
and the
gritty
parts of a pear. See
Sclerotic..
Turnip-shell
::
Turnip-shell
(n.) Any one of
several
large,
thick,
spiral
marine
shells
belonging
to Rapa and
allied
genera,
somewhat
turnip-shaped..
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..
Oliva
::
Oliva (n.) A genus of
polished
marine
gastropod
shells,
chiefly
tropical,
and often
beautifully
colored..
Acorn
::
Acorn (n.) See
Acorn-shell.
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