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Shellwork :: Shellwork (n.) Work composed of shells, or adorned with them..

Shelly :: Shelly (a.) Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell..

Aspidobranchia :: Aspidobranchia (n. pl.) A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets..

Acephala :: Acephala (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca..

Shill :: Shill (v. t.) To shell.

Chiton :: Chiton (n.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora..

Effuse :: Effuse (a.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells..

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

Angoumois Moth :: Angoumois moth () A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell..

Goroon Shell :: Goroon shell () A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale)..

Cocoanut :: Cocoanut (n.) The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil..

Arming :: Arming (n.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom..

Tubivalve :: Tubivalve (n.) A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula..

Inshell :: Inshell (v. t.) To hide in a shell.

Coronal :: Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin.

Inequivalvular :: Inequivalvular (a.) Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster..

Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45�, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described..

Frustule :: Frustule (n.) The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover..

Escalop :: Escalop (n.) A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop.

Shuck :: Shuck (n.) The shell of an oyster or clam.

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