| boat shell | <zoology> A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| boat bug | <zoology> An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Synonym: boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| boat conformation | See: Haworth conformational formulas of cyclic sugars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boat form | The less stable of two conformations assumed by 6-membered cyclic sugars (pyranoses) or cyclohexane derivatives, as opposed to chair form. See: Haworth conformational formulas of cyclic sugars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boat-shaped | <botany> See Cymbiform. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boat-shaped abdomen | A condition in which the anterior abdominal wall is sunken and presents a concave rather than a convex contour. Synonym: boat-shaped abdomen, navicular abdomen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boat-tail | <zoology> A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hatch-boat | A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; used mostly in the fisheries. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acorn-shell | <zoology> One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| argus shell | <zoology> A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ark shell | <zoology> A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bubble shell | <zoology> A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| maara shell | <zoology> A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| valve-shell | <zoology> Any fresh water gastropod of the genus Valvata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mail-shell | <zoology> A chiton. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mask shell | <zoology> Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |