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Multicostate :: Multicostate (a.) Having numerous ribs, or costae, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals..

Eggshell :: Eggshell (n.) A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form..

Replicated :: Replicated (a.) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell..

Proboscidifera :: Proboscidifera (n. pl.) A subdivision of the taenioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera..

Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..

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

Siphonostomata :: Siphonostomata (n. pl.) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells.

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..

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..

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..

Tellina :: Tellina (n.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells..

Wedge-shell :: Wedge-shell (n.) Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in which the shell is wedge-shaped.

Pearly :: Pearly (a.) Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells..

Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..

Varix :: Varix (n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.

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

Stromboid :: Strombite (n.) A fossil shell of the genus Strombus.

Lance :: Lance (n.) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.

Egg :: Egg (n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the white or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane..

Auricula :: Auricula (n.) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.

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