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l Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata.

rtiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally.

A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded.

A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury.

us of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.

Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like. The side chambers were . . . thirty in order. Ezek. xli. 6. Bright-harnessed angels sit in order serviceable. Milton. Good order is the foundation of all good things. Burke.

ephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa.

n inclosure; the outer side, as of a door, walk, or boundary. I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing on the outside. Spectator.

re, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.

An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." Chapman.

nt of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Pallial chamber (Zoöl.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle. -- Pallial sinus (Zoöl.), an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust. of Bivalve.…

The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits. Milton.

of rank; -- chiefly in the plural. [Obs.] Lords in paraments on their coursers. Chaucer. Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch.

A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance. [Written also paterero and peterero.]

One who is afficted with pellagra. Chambers's Encyc.

unds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.

The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite. [Written also phragmacone.]

asonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers. See Illust. of Column.

A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.

Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.