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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..

Sea Trumpet :: Sea trumpet () Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.

Anaptychus :: Anaptychus (n.) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites..

Exogyra :: Exogyra (n.) A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.

Turritella :: Turritella (n.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum..

Corneocalcareous :: Corneocalcareous (a.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals..

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

Gymnosomata :: Gymnosomata (n. pl.) One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.

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

Concho-spiral :: Concho-spiral (n.) A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.

Mytilus :: Mytilus (n.) A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. See Illust. under Byssus..

Pouch-shell :: Pouch-shell (n.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).

Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

Siphonifer :: Siphonifer (n.) Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell.

Undulated :: Undulated (a.) Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell..

Sepiostare :: Sepiostare (n.) The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.

Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise..

Crustaceous :: Crustaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell..

Extractor :: Extractor (n.) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.

Shell :: Shell (n.) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell..

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