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Vertigo :: Vertigo (n.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture..

Hyperotreta :: Hyperotreta (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish..

Fauces :: Fauces (n.pl.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

Holostomatous :: Holostomatous (a.) Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.

Loophole :: Loophole (n.) A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion..

Pervade :: Pervade (v. t.) To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate..

Pseudostoma :: Pseudostoma (n.) A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true aperture among them..

Vial :: Vial (n.) A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine..

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

Vent :: Vent (n.) A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent..

Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity..

Lip :: Lip (n.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Pupil :: Pupil (n.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris..

Barker''s Mill :: Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis..

Perforation :: Perforation (n.) A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture.

Leak :: Leak (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps..

Holostomata :: Holostomata (n. pl.) An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture..

Ingate :: Ingate (n.) The aperture in a mold for pouring in the metal; the gate.

Fatiscence :: Fatiscence (n.) A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures..

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.

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