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Tunicin :: Tunicin (n.) Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom..

Dismantled :: Dismantled (imp. & p. p.) of Dismantl.

Palliobranchiate :: Palliobranchiate (a.) Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods..

Tectibranchiata :: Tectibranchiata (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples..

Outmantle :: Outmantle (v. t.) To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress..

Mantling :: Mantling (n.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin..

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc..

Pallium :: Pallium (n.) The mantle of a bird.

Flow :: Flow (v. i.) To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks..

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet..

Purple :: Purple (n.) Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple..

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A mantel. See Mantel.

Siphonata :: Siphonata (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug..

Siphonobranchiata :: Siphonobranchiata (n. pl.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group..

Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc..

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..

Mantled :: Mantled (imp. & p. p.) of Mantl.

Mantle :: Mantle (v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise..

Cream :: Cream (v. i.) To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle..

Ream :: Ream (v. i.) To cream; to mantle.

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