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Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family Solenidæ; a razor shell.

Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidæ.

Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidæ.

The state of being sole, or alone; singleness. [R.] Chesterfield.

A small European sole (Solea minuta).

Same as Scaphopoda.

e of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.

An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other gastropods.

Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia. -- n.

A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang.

that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.

A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.

See Gasoline.

A kind of internal-combustion engine; -- in British countries called usually petrol engine.

The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal imprudence. Flown with insolence and wine. Milton.

Insolence. [R.] Evelyn.

ovel; strange; unusual. [Obs.] If one chance to derive any word from the Latin which is insolent to their ears . . . they forth with make a jest at it. Petti If any should accuse me of being new or insolent. Milton.

In an insolent manner.

attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant. The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to the tameness of the sufferer. Ames.

A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.