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Polythalamia :: Polythalamia (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.

Six-shooter :: Six-shooter (n.) A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver..

Inchambered :: Inchambered (imp. & p. p.) of Inchambe.

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.

Polythalamous :: Polythalamous (a.) Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.

Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..

Phragmocone :: Phragmocone (n.) The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite.

Scaphite :: Scaphite (n.) Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation..

Chambered :: Chambered (imp. & p. p.) of Chambe.

Columbiad :: Columbiad (n.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation..

Belemnite :: Belemnite (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages..

Lagenian :: Lagenian (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell..

Chambered :: Chambered (a.) Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun..

Foraminifera :: Foraminifera (n. pl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda..

Siphuncle :: Siphuncle (n.) The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.

Pederero :: Pederero (n.) A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance.

Monothalamous :: Monothalamous (a.) One-chambered.

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