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Shelling :: Shelling (n.) Groats; hulled oats.

Shagbark :: Shagbark (n.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory..

Right-handed :: Right-handed (a.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.

Paucispiral :: Paucispiral (a.) Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell..

Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell..

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.

Liner :: Liner (n.) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket..

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

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..

Aspidobranchia :: Aspidobranchia (n. pl.) A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets..

Angiostomous :: Angiostomous (a.) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods..

Tulip-shell :: Tulip-shell (n.) A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimes applied also to other species of Fasciolaria..

Nodosarine :: Nodosarine (a.) Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria.

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell..

Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard covering of an egg.

Gourd :: Gourd (n.) A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle..

Conchiform :: Conchiform (a.) Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.

Testudinata :: Testudinata (n. pl.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates..

Melon :: Melon (n.) A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo..

Holostomatous :: Holostomatous (a.) Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.

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