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Definition of shell
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Shell (n.)
Hence,
by
extension,
any
mollusks
having
such a
covering..
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Striatum
::
Striation
(n.) A
stria;
as, the
striations
on a
shell..
Marron
::
Marron
(a.) A paper or
pasteboard
box or
shell,
wound about with
strong
twine,
filled
with an
explosive,
and
ignited
with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a
cannon..
Slit-shell
::
Slit-shell
(n.) Any
species
of
Pleurotomaria,
a genus of
beautiful,
pearly,
spiral
gastropod
shells
having
a deep slit in the outer lip. Many
fossil
species
are
known,
and a few
living
ones are found in deep water in
tropical
seas..
Gryphaea
::
Gryphaea
(n.) A genus of
cretaceous
fossil
shells
allied
to the
oyster.
Nutshell
::
Nutshell
(n.) A shell of the genus
Nucula.
Inoceramus
::
Inoceramus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
large,
fossil,
bivalve
shells,allied
to the
mussels.
The genus is
characteristic
of the
Cretaceous
period..
Scallop
::
Scallop
(n.) One of
series
of
segments
of
circles
joined
at their
extremities,
forming
a
border
like the edge or
surface
of a
scallop
shell..
Harpa
::
Harpa (n.) A genus of
marine
univalve
shells;
the harp
shells;
-- so
called
from the form of the
shells,
and their
ornamental
ribs..
Beak
::
Beak (n.) The
prolongation
of
certain
univalve
shells
containing
the
canal.
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..
Recent
::
Recent
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
present
or
existing
epoch;
as,
recent
shells..
Conch
::
Conch (n.) A name
applied
to
various
marine
univalve
shells;
esp. to those of the genus
Strombus,
which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West
Indian
conch.
The large king,
queen,
and cameo
conchs
are of the genus
Cassis.
See
Cameo..
Columbella
::
Columbella
(n.) A genus of
univalve
shells,
abundant
in
tropical
seas. Some
species,
as
Columbella
mercatoria,
were
formerly
used as shell
money..
Murex
::
Murex (n.) A genus of
marine
gastropods,
having
rough,
and
frequently
spinose,
shells,
which are often
highly
colored
inside;
the rock
shells.
They
abound
in
tropical
seas..
Electrophorus
::
Electrophorus
(n.) An
instrument
for
exciting
electricity,
and
repeating
the
charge
indefinitely
by
induction,
consisting
of a flat cake of
resin,
shelllac,
or
ebonite,
upon which is
placed
a plate of
metal..
Mammillated
::
Mammillated
(a.)
Bounded
like a
nipple;
-- said of the apex of some
shells.
Argonauta
::
Argonauta
(n.) A genus of
Cephalopoda.
The shell is
called
paper
nautilus
or paper
sailor.
Operculated
::
Operculated
(a.)
Having
an
operculum,
or an
apparatus
for
protecting
the
gills;
-- said of
shells
and of
fishes..
Siphonostome
::
Siphonostome
(n.) A
siphonostomatous
shell.
Escalop
::
Escalop
(n.) A
bearing
or a
charge
consisting
of an
escalop
shell.
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