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Rakehell :: Rakehell (n.) A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake..

Hellene :: Hellene (n.) A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.

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..

Angoumois Moth :: Angoumois moth () A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell..

Turnip-shell :: Turnip-shell (n.) Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped..

Globigerina :: Globigerina (n.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera..

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

Conchometer :: Conchometer (n.) An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire..

Slug :: Slug (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails..

Middle-earth :: Middle-earth (n.) The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell..

Hellhag :: Hellhag (n.) A hag of or fit for hell.

Vasum :: Vasum (n.) A genus including several species of large marine gastropods having massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on the columella..

Hellespontine :: Hellespontine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hellespont.

Rakehelly :: Rakehelly (a.) Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.

Nummulites :: Nummulites (n.) A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally..

Verticillated :: Verticillated (a.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell..

Scallop :: Scallop (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2..

Dauw :: Dauw (n.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi..

Turbinella :: Turbinella (n.) A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.

Vesiculous :: Vesiculous (a.) Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell..

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