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Shill :: Shill (v. t.) To shell.

Tentaculite :: Tentaculite (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods..

Tube-shell :: Tube-shell (n.) Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell..

Conchometry :: Conchometry (n.) The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.

Shell :: Shell (v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town..

Marine :: Marine (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine..

Concameration :: Concameration (n.) A chamber of a multilocular shell.

Hickory :: Hickory (n.) An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter..

Conchiferous :: Conchiferous (a.) Producing or having shells.

Shell :: Shell (n.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering..

Purple :: Purple (n.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.

Marquetry :: Marquetry (n.) Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors..

Unilocular :: Unilocular (a.) Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell..

Shell-less :: Shell-less (a.) Having no shell.

Shuck :: Shuck (n.) The shell of an oyster or clam.

Bivalve :: Bivalve (a.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels..

Escalop :: Escalop (n.) A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop.

Dodman :: Dodman (n.) A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod..

Wing-shell :: Wing-shell (n.) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus.

Cingulum :: Cingulum (n.) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.

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