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Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed

Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak..

Tunicin :: Tunicin (n.) Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom..

Flow :: Flow (v. i.) To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks..

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A mantel. See Mantel.

Inclusa :: Inclusa (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example..

Mollusca :: Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or m

Skirt :: Skirt (n.) The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle..

Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like..

Manteau :: Manteau (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle.

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.

Achlamydate :: Achlamydate (a.) Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.

Mantlet :: Mantlet (n.) See Mantelet.

Cordon :: Cordon (n.) A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state..

Pallium :: Pallium (n.) The mantle of a bird.

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc..

Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively..

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) Same as Mantling.

Pellibranchiata :: Pellibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill..

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth..

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