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Mussel — Not to be confused with muscle. Mussel Blue mussels Mytilus edulis in the intertidal zone in Cornwall, England Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Shell gorget — A shell gorget is a Native American art form of polished, carved shell pendants worn around the neck. The gorgets are frequently engraved, and are sometimes highlighted with pigments, or fenestrated (pierced with openings). Shell gorgets were… … Wikipedia
shell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bomb, bombard, cannonade, strafe, pepper; shuck, strip, pod, hull. See attack, divestment. n. case; carapace; husk, seashell; bomb, grenade, explosive, shrapnel, torpedo; boat, cockleshell, racing… … English dictionary for students
mussel-plum — mussˈel plum noun A dark purple plum resembling a mussel shell • • • Main Entry: ↑mussel … Useful english dictionary
mussel scale — noun : any of numerous scale insects (as of the genus Lepidosaphes) shaped like a mussel shell … Useful english dictionary
mussel — ► NOUN 1) a marine mollusc with a dark brown or purplish black shell. 2) a freshwater mollusc, some kinds of which produce small pearls. ORIGIN Latin musculus muscle … English terms dictionary
mussel — /mus euhl/, n. any bivalve mollusk, esp. an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae. [bef. 1000; ME, OE muscle < VL *muscula, var. of L musculus little mouse, sea mussel. See MUSCLE] * * * Any… … Universalium
Shell River (Minnesota) — Geobox River name = Shell River native name = other name = other name1 = image size = 300 image caption = The Shell River in Straight River Township in 2007 country = United States state = Minnesota region = region1 = district = district1 = city … Wikipedia
shell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 on eggs/nuts/some animals ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, hard, outer, protective, thick ▪ She had built up a protective shell around herself. (figurative) ▪ … Collocations dictionary
mussel shrimp — ▪ crustacean also called seed shrimp , or ostracod any of a widely distributed group of crustaceans belonging to the subclass Ostracoda (class Crustacea) that resemble mussels in that the body is enclosed within a bivalved (two valved)… … Universalium
