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Definition of shell
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Shell (n.) An
engraved
copper
roller
used in print
works.
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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..
Fissurella
::
Fissurella
(n.) A genus of
marine
gastropod
mollusks,
having
a
conical
or
limpetlike
shell,
with an
opening
at the apex; --
called
also
keyhole
limpet..
Apodeme
::
Apodeme
(n.) One of the
processes
of the shell which
project
inwards
and unite with one
another,
in the
thorax
of many
Crustacea..
Divaricator
::
Divaricator
(n.) One of the
muscles
which open the shell of
brachiopods;
a
cardinal
muscle.
See
Illust.
of
Brachiopoda.
Shard
::
Shard (n.) A piece or
fragment
of an
earthen
vessel,
or a like
brittle
substance,
as the shell of an egg or
snail..
Crustaceousness
::
Crustaceousness
(n.) The state or
quality
of being
crustaceous
or
having
a
crustlike
shell.
Conch
::
Conch (n.) In works of art, the shell used by
Tritons
as a
trumpet..
Brachiopoda
::
Brachiopoda
(n.) A class of
Molluscoidea
having
a
symmetrical
bivalve
shell,
often
attached
by a
fleshy
peduncle..
Bergmeal
::
Bergmeal
(n.) An
earthy
substance,
resembling
fine
flour.
It is
composed
of the
shells
of
infusoria,
and in
Lapland
and
Sweden
is
sometimes
eaten,
mixed with flour or
ground
birch bark, in times of
scarcity.
This name is also given to a white
powdery
variety
of
calcite..
Decollated
::
Decollated
(a.)
Decapitated;
worn or cast off in the
process
of
growth,
as the apex of
certain
univalve
shells..
Scaphite
::
Scaphite
(n.) Any
fossil
cephalopod
shell of the genus
Scaphites,
belonging
to the
Ammonite
family
and
having
a
chambered
boat-shaped
shell.
Scaphites
are found in the
Cretaceous
formation..
Chank
::
Chank (n.) The East
Indian
name for the large
spiral
shell of
several
species
of sea conch much used in
making
bangles,
esp.
Turbinella
pyrum.
Called
also chank
chell..
Boottopping
::
Boottopping
(n.) The act or
process
of
daubing
a
vessel's
bottom
near the
surface
of the water with a
mixture
of
tallow,
sulphur,
and
resin,
as a
temporary
protection
against
worms,
after the
slime,
shells,
etc., have been
scraped
off..
Limax
::
Limax (n.) A genus of
airbreathing
mollusks,
including
the
common
garden
slugs.
They have a small
rudimentary
shell.
The
breathing
pore is on the right side of the neck.
Several
species
are
troublesome
in
gardens.
See
Slug..
Bellerophon
::
Bellerophon
(n.) A genus of
fossil
univalve
shells,
believed
to
belong
to the
Heteropoda,
peculiar
to the
Paleozoic
age..
Kernel
::
Kernel
(n.) The
essential
part of a seed; all that is
within
the seed
walls;
the
edible
substance
contained
in the shell of a nut;
hence,
anything
included
in a
shell,
husk, or
integument;
as, the
kernel
of a nut. See
Illust.
of
Endocarp..
Orbulina
::
Orbulina
(n.) A genus of
minute
living
Foraminifera
having
a
globular
shell.
Belemnite
::
Belemnite
(n.) A
conical
calcareous
fossil,
tapering
to a point at the lower
extremity,
with a
conical
cavity
at the other end, where it is
ordinarily
broken;
but when
perfect
it
contains
a small
chambered
cone,
called
the
phragmocone,
prolonged,
on one side, into a
delicate
concave
blade;
the
thunderstone.
It is the
internal
shell of a
cephalopod
related
to the
sepia,
and
belonging
to an
extinct
family.
The
belemnites
are found in rocks of the
Jurassic
and
Cretaceous
ages..
Inoceramus
::
Inoceramus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
large,
fossil,
bivalve
shells,allied
to the
mussels.
The genus is
characteristic
of the
Cretaceous
period..
Mytilus
::
Mytilus
(n.) A genus of
marine
bivalve
shells,
including
the
common
mussel.
See
Illust.
under
Byssus..
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