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Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.

Putamen :: Putamen (n.) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See Endocarp.

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..

Nutshell :: Nutshell (n.) Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value..

Shell :: Shell (n.) A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal..

Cochleated :: Cochleated (a.) Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.

Prop :: Prop (n.) A shell, used as a die. See Props..

Sankha :: Sankha (n.) A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell..

Mother-of-pearl :: Mother-of-pearl (n.) The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl..

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

Eyestone :: Eyestone (n.) A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance..

Veneracea :: Veneracea (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus..

Wing-shell :: Wing-shell (n.) Any pteropod shell.

Kernel :: Kernel (n.) The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp..

Periostracum :: Periostracum (n.) A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis.

Purpura :: Purpura (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye..

Crush :: Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily..

Dental :: Dental (a.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium..

Sepiostare :: Sepiostare (n.) The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.

Testicardines :: Testicardines (n. pl.) A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.

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