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Definition of lamp shell

lamp shell
Terebratula Ter`e*brat"u*la, n.; pl. Terebratul[ae]. [Nl., dim. fr. terebratus, p. p., perforated.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell.

Meaning of lamp shell from wikipedia

- ("foot"). They are often known as "lamp s****", since the curved s**** of the class Terebratulida resemble pottery oil-lamps. Modern brachiopods range from...
- An oil lamp is a lamp used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source. The use of oil lamps began thousands of...
- Monoplacophora Polyplacophora (chitons, or sea cradles) Scaphopoda (tusk s****) Micrognathozoa Chromadorea Enoplea Secernentea Gordioidea Nectonematoida...
- tests are fragile and easily broken into pieces. The brachiopods, or lamp s****, superficially resemble clams, but the phylum is not closely related...
- exporting lamp oil from the region and commissioned the world's first purpose-built oil tanker, the Murex (Latin for a type of snail s****), to enter...
- terebratulid s**** to ancient Roman oil lamps gave the brachiopods their common name "lamp s****". Terebratulids typically have biconvex s**** that are...
- Extinct species of marine lamp s****...
- A 3-way lamp, also known as a tri-light, is a lamp that uses a 3-way light bulb to produce three levels of light in a low-medium-high configuration. A...
- visit a fishing village and see the statue of a young lady holding a s**** and a lamp in both her hands. A tourist guide narrates the story as the film goes...
- stationary epifaunal suspension feeders. These brachiopods (often known as lamp s****) lived from the Ordovician period to the Devonian period. Devonian of...