Meaning of weavers' shuttle | Babel Free

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An East Indian marine univalve shell (Radius volva).

Examples

“But the most siingular shell belonging to this group is the Waver's Shuttle, (Radius volva,) in which each end of the lip is produced into a very slender canal, longer than the body of the shell itself.”

“Of the Ovulidae, the most curious is the "Weaver's-shuttle" ( Radius volva ) , in which the shell is peculiarly beaked at both ends .”

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