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Delibrating :: Delibrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delibrat.

Librated :: Librated (imp. & p. p.) of Librat.

Evection :: Evection () The libration of the moon.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The constellation Libra.

Conchifera :: Conchifera (n. pl.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.

Lamellibranchia :: Lamellibranchia (n. pl.) Alt. of Lamellibranchiat.

Inequilateral :: Inequilateral (a.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells..

Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.

Mollusca :: Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or m

Library :: Library (n.) A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.

Nutation :: Nutation (n.) A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount..

Saccoglossa :: Saccoglossa (n. pl.) Same as Pellibranchiata.

Trepidation :: Trepidation (n.) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars..

Libration :: Libration (n.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest..

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata..

Displace :: Displace (v. t.) To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced..

Dimyaria :: Dimyaria (n. pl.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve..

Trimyarian :: Trimyarian (n.) A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.

Monomyaria :: Monomyaria (n.pl.) An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster..

Libral :: Libral (a.) Of a pound weight.

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