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Definition of Slipper shell

Slipper shell
Slipper Slip"per, n. 1. One who, or that which, slips. 2. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe. 3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children. 4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel. 5. (Mach.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib. Slipper animalcule (Zo["o]l.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zo["o]l.), a boat shell.

Meaning of Slipper shell from wikipedia

- the slipper snails and cup and saucer snails. It has many common names, including common slipper s****, common Atlantic slippersnail, boat s****, quarterdeck...
- (particularly teleost fish) and many gastropods (such as the common slipper s****). Sequential hermaphroditism can best be understood in terms of behavioral...
- name "slipper limpet" is based on the appearance of the inside of the s****, which with its half-shelf resembles a traditional western bedroom slipper. Calyptraeids...
- Maoricrypta costata, or the Ribbed Slipper S****, is a species of intertidal medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae...
- Crepidula, commonly known as the slipper snails, slipper limpets, or slipper s****, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family...
- Slipper Island (Māori: Whakahau) is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the east of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island and 8 kilometres...
- predatory sea snails. Crepidula fornicata (common slipper s**** snail) Crepidula plana (eastern white slipper s****) Euspira heros (northern moonsnail) Euspira...
- solid, s**** that ranges in size from a few mm in juveniles up to 59 mm in adults, as measured across the greatest s**** dimension. The s**** is smooth...
- tapeworm) Cr****ostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) Crepidula fornicata (Common slipper s****) Rapana Venosa (Veined rapa whelk) Corbicula fluminea (Freshwater bivalve...
- mollusk) Cr****ostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) Crepidula fornicata (Common slipper s****) Deroceras invadens (tramp slug) Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra mussel)...