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CARAPACE | Shell of tortoise or turtle | |
HAWKBILL | A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret. | |
BLADE | The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell. | |
TRIONYX | A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for th... | |
LEATHERBACK | A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and som... | |
SCUTE | Shell of turtle | |
TORTOISE | A tortoise-shell cat. | |
LYRE | Instrument made of turtle shell | |
TESTUDINEOUS | Resembling the shell of a tortoise. | |
STINKPOT | The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk. | |
TESTUDINATED | Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted. | |
BUHLWORK | Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc. | |
SHELL | An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell. | |
TESTUDINARIOUS | Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell. | |
TURTLEHEAD | An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony. | |
POTAMIAN | A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx. | |
CALIPEE | A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy. | |
TESTUDO | A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise. | |
CALIPASH | A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle. | |
CELLULOID | ...d camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc... | |
CASING | Shell | |
PISTACHIO | Split-shell nut | |
BOMBARD | Shell relentlessly | |
EAWIG | Insect shell | |
ABALONE | Ear shell |