Definitions for lamp shell
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
lamp′ shell`(n.)
or lamp′shell`
Category: Invertebrates
Ref: brachiopod.
Origin of lamp shell:
1850–55; so called because its shape was thought to resemble that of an ancient oil lamp
Princeton's WordNet
brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell(noun)
marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
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