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Definition of shell
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of shell is as below...
Shell (n.) An
instrument
of
music,
as a lyre, -- the first lyre
having
been made, it is said, by
drawing
strings
over a
tortoise
shell..
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Polythalamous
::
Polythalamous
(a.)
Many-chambered;
--
applied
to
shells
of
Foraminifera
and
cephalopods.
See
Illust.
of
Nautilus.
Venus
::
Venus (n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
marine
bivalve
shells
of the genus Venus or
family
Veneridae.
Many of these
shells
are
large,
and
ornamented
with
beautiful
frills;
others
are
smooth,
glossy,
and
handsomely
colored.
Some of the
larger
species,
as the round clam, or
quahog,
are
valued
for
food..
Beak
::
Beak (n.) The
prolongation
of
certain
univalve
shells
containing
the
canal.
Rice-shell
::
Rice-shell
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of small white
polished
marine
shells
of the genus
Olivella.
Chilostomata
::
Chilostomata
(n. pl.) An
extensive
suborder
of
marine
Bryozoa,
mostly
with
calcareous
shells.
They have a
movable
lip and a lid to close the
aperture
of the
cells..
Turtle-shell
::
Turtle-shell
(n.) The
turtle
cowrie.
Toothshell
::
Toothshell
(n.) Any
species
of
Dentalium
and
allied
genera
having
a
tooth-shaped
shell.
See
Dentalium.
Siphonostomata
::
Siphonostomata
(n. pl.) An
artificial
division
of
gastropods
including
those that have
siphonostomatous
shells.
Toxoglossa
::
Toxoglossa
(n.pl.)
A
division
of
marine
gastropod
mollusks
in which the
radula
are
converted
into
poison
fangs.
The cone
shells
(Conus),
Pleurotoma,
and
Terebra,
are
examples.
See
Illust.
of Cone, n., 4,
Pleurotoma,
and
Terebra..
Marron
::
Marron
(a.) A paper or
pasteboard
box or
shell,
wound about with
strong
twine,
filled
with an
explosive,
and
ignited
with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a
cannon..
Fuze
::
Fuze (n.) A tube,
filled
with
combustible
matter,
for
exploding
a
shell,
etc. See Fuse, n..
Concho-spiral
::
Concho-spiral
(n.) A kind of
spiral
curve found in
certain
univalve
shells.
Lip
::
Lip (n.) One of the edges of the
aperture
of a
univalve
shell.
Cymbium
::
Cymbium
(n.) A genus of
marine
univalve
shells;
the
gondola.
Nudibranchiata
::
Nudibranchiata
(n. pl.) A
division
of
opisthobranchiate
mollusks,
having
no shell
except
while very
young.
The gills are naked and
situated
upon the back or
sides.
See
Ceratobranchia..
Escalop
::
Escalop
(n.) A
bivalve
shell of the genus
Pecten.
See
Scallop.
Wentletrap
::
Wentletrap
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
elegant,
usually
white,
marine
shells
of the genus
Scalaria,
especially
Scalaria
pretiosa,
which was
formerly
highly
valued;
--
called
also
staircase
shell.
See
Scalaria..
Apodeme
::
Apodeme
(n.) One of the
processes
of the shell which
project
inwards
and unite with one
another,
in the
thorax
of many
Crustacea..
Cockle
::
Cockle
(n.) A
cockleshell.
Sounding
::
Sounding
(n.) The sand,
shells,
or the like, that are
brought
up by the
sounding
lead when it has
touched
bottom..
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