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Ostreaceous :: Ostreaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly..

Crusta :: Crusta (n.) A crust or shell.

Loricate :: Loricate (v.) Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo..

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

Tectibranchiata :: Tectibranchiata (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples..

Conchology :: Conchology (n.) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology..

Siphonostomatous :: Siphonostomatous (a.) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.

Half-deck :: Half-deck (n.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

Shell :: Shell (n.) A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one..

Solenacean :: Solenacean (n.) Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae.

Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A cockleshell.

Serpulite :: Serpulite (n.) A fossil serpula shell.

Gougeshell :: Gougeshell (n.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus..

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.

Sea-ear :: Sea-ear (n.) Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. See Abalone.

Finfish :: Finfish (n.) True fish, as distinguished from shellfish..

Props :: Props (n. pl.) A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice..

Lyopomata :: Lyopomata (n. pl.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms..

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

Scallop :: Scallop (v. t.) To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2..

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