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Angoumois Moth :: Angoumois moth () A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell..

Conchitic :: Conchitic (a.) Composed of shells; containing many shells.

Coronal :: Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin.

Turban :: Turban (n.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Turban-shell :: Turban-shell (n.) A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.

Argus Shell :: Argus shell () A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail..

Tun :: Tun (n.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.

Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell..

Alveolus :: Alveolus (n.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil.

Valve :: Valve (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.

Half-deck :: Half-deck (n.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

Grenade :: Grenade (n.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies..

Miliola :: Miliola (n.) A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers..

Cantrip :: Cantrip (n.) A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.

Deltidium :: Deltidium (n.) The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.

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..

Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell..

Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery..

Fasciole :: Fasciole (n.) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea..

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