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Univalve :: Univalve (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs..

Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..

Dolabriform :: Dolabriform (a.) Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish..

Multicostate :: Multicostate (a.) Having numerous ribs, or costae, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals..

Acorn :: Acorn (n.) See Acorn-shell.

Peeper :: Peeper (n.) A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.

Paludina :: Paludina (n.) Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond..

Undulated :: Undulated (a.) Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell..

Testudinarious :: Testudinarious (a.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell.

Coquina :: Coquina (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida..

Marquetry :: Marquetry (n.) Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors..

Catenulate :: Catenulate (a.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc..

Acorn-shell :: Acorn-shell (n.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.

Shell :: Shell (n.) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell..

Volution :: Volution (n.) A whorl of a spiral shell.

Mail :: Mail (n.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc..

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell.

Wing-shell :: Wing-shell (n.) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing..

Shellfish :: Shellfish (n.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs..

Mask Shell :: Mask shell () Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture..

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