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proper noun
- An English surname, of Old French origin, for someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and brought back a palm branch as proof
noun
- A pelagic octopus of genus Argonauta, found in warm seas, whose females produce a paper-thin egg case resembling a shell into which she deposits her eggs.
noun
- Any of several bivalve molluscs that are a source of pearls, but especially Pinctada margaritifera
noun
- (context, anatomy, obsolete) The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.
- (anatomy) The pubic bone.
- (zoology) A genus of bivalve molluscs.
noun
- Any of the bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas or family Pholadidae, which burrow into soft rocks.
noun
- A large shrimp.
- (slang) A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.
- She's a Prawn!
noun ( plural proboscises or proboscides)
- (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
- The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
- The trunk of an elephant.
- Informally, a large human nose.
noun
- A gastropod of the order Pulmonata
adjective
- (anatomy) having lungs or similar organs
- (biology) of, relating to, or belonging to the gastropod order Pulmonata (slugs and snails)
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