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Septal :: Septal (a.) Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell..

Mineralogist :: Mineralogist (n.) A carrier shell (Phorus).

Turtlehead :: Turtlehead (n.) An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony..

Explode :: Explode (v. i.) To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam..

Dental :: Dental (a.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium..

Carinaria :: Carinaria (n.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills..

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

Turban :: Turban (n.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Feather-edge/ :: Feather-edge/ (n.) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster..

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..

Sheal :: Sheal (n.) A shell or pod.

Shale :: Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.

Nates :: Nates (n. pl.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.

Betel Nut :: Betel nut () The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime..

Testudinated :: Testudinated (a.) Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

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

Crust :: Crust (n.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc..

Shellac :: Shellac (n.) See the Note under 2d Lac.

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..

Bulla :: Bulla (n.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.

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