"weavers' shuttle" meaning in All languages combined

See weavers' shuttle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: weavers' shuttles [plural]
Etymology: From its shape. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=weavers' shuttle}} weavers' shuttle (plural weavers' shuttles)
  1. An East Indian marine univalve shell (Radius volva); shuttle volva.
    Sense id: en-weavers'_shuttle-en-noun-e3Rruaaq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1861, Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution,, page 195:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908, British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology, A Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries, page 15:",
          "text": "Of the Ovulidae, the most curious is the \"Weaver's-shuttle\" ( Radius volva ) , in which the shell is peculiarly beaked at both ends .",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "An East Indian marine univalve shell (Radius volva); shuttle volva."
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        [
          "univalve",
          "univalve"
        ],
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          "shell",
          "shell"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weavers' shuttle"
}
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1908, British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology, A Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries, page 15:",
          "text": "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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        "An East Indian marine univalve shell (Radius volva); shuttle volva."
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