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Abounding with snow; snowy. [Obs.] Johnson.

Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday. The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of. Addison.

See Murnival.

same value, as four aces or four kings; hence, four of anything. [Obs.] [Written also mournival.]

The quality or state of being univalent.

Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.

Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp.

Same as Gastropoda.

Same as Univalve, a.

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

The univalent radical, CH3OC6H4, of which anisol is the hydride.

ojecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. (e) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.

A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.

A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.

Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidæ, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata.

A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).

rough a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves. -- Button shell (Zoöl.), a small, univalve marine shell of the genus Rotella. -- Button snakeroot. (Bot.) (a) The American composite genus Liatris, having rounded buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowe…

used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. -- Carrier shell (Zoöl.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. -- Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.