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Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

Tunic :: Tunic (n.) See Mantle, n., 3 (a)..

Unmantle :: Unmantle (v. t.) To divest of a mantle; to uncover.

Cirrus :: Cirrus (n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri..

Mantled :: Mantled (imp. & p. p.) of Mantl.

Pulmonata :: Pulmonata (n. pl.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis..

Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope..

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

Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To disable; to render useless.

Straight :: Stragulum (n.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird..

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.

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

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

Inferobranchiate :: Inferobranchiate (a.) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata..

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..

Immantle :: Immantle (v. t.) See Emmantle.

Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning..

Mantua :: Mantua (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown..

Palliobranchiate :: Palliobranchiate (a.) Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods..

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