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A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea. Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast. -- Cotter drill, or Traverse drill, a machine tool for drilling slots. -- Diamond drill. See under Diamon…

The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.

h usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.

om between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales. Escaloped oysters (Cookery). See under Scalloped.

A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.

The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop.

The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.

living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian.

inds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.

ing fast a vessel or other object. -- Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.

An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.

ll (Zoöl.), any species of Malleus, a genus of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters, having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also hammer oyster. -- To bring to the hammer, to put up at auction.

used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.

t conditions. -- Hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. -- Hard oyster (Zoöl.), the northern native oyster. [Local, U. S.] - - Hard pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of ch…

Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.

A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.

An artificial oyster bed.

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. Condensed milk. See under Condense, v. t. -- Milk crust (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema. -- Milk fever. (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A f…

An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.