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Retirade :: Retirade (n.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle..

Inferobranchiate :: Inferobranchiate (a.) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata..

Tectibranchiate :: Tectibranchiate (a.) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.

Mantlet :: Mantlet (n.) See Mantelet.

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

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

Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak..

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) Any free, outer membrane..

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

Disgarnish :: Disgarnish (v. t.) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like..

Purl :: Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle..

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.

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

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope..

Inferobranchiata :: Inferobranchiata (n. pl.) A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle..

Cirrus :: Cirrus (n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri..

Ivy-mantled :: Ivy-mantled (a.) Covered with ivy.

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) Same as Mantling.

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