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Asiphonida
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Atlantic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Auricula
noun · 78% connection
A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Axinite
noun · 78% connection
A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Brine
noun · 78% connection
The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Carinaria
noun · 78% connection
A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Cyclops
noun · 78% connection
minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Devitrification
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a sto…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Enamel
noun · 78% connection
a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or pro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Euplectella
noun · 78% connection
A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Fin
noun · 78% connection
A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Glare
noun · 78% connection
A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Glass-rope
noun · 78% connection
A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Glassy
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Glaucus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Grebe
noun · 78% connection
One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the northern parts of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Ianthina
noun · 78% connection
Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
Leucite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It is fou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, glassy, heteropod, mollusks.
