Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, same as
cradle , 4 . - noun A genus of bivalve mollusks, typical of the family Solenidæ, of which S. vagina, a common razor-fish of the North Atlantic, is the best-known species.
- noun Any member of this genns, or a related form; a razor-clam, razor-fish, or razor-shell. See
Solenidæ , and cut underEnsis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See
cradle , 6. - noun (Zoöl.) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family
Solenidæ ; a razor shell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A
cradle , as for abroken limb . - noun zoology Any
marine bivalve mollusk belonging toSolen or alliedgenera ; arazor shell .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many like you and me voted, how is it being solen?
Roberts: McCain grapples with major fundraising challenge 2008
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Within these days, there have been pseudo-eggs solen in Myanmar market.
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I finished both Liza Marklund's latest novel En plass i solen ("A place in the sun") and Jan Guillou's latest Men ikke hvis det gjelder din datter ("But not if it is your daughter").
Too much time in bed. magnio 2008
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The data analyst took the laptop home and it was solen during a burglary.
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Gay12 has stated that he found in the neighbourhood of Rio shells of the marine genera solen and mytilus, and fresh-water ampullariæ, living together in brackish water.
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Gay12 has stated that he found in the neighbourhood of Rio shells of the marine genera solen and mytilus, and fresh-water ampullariæ, living together in brackish water.
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Other bivalves are closed on both sides alike, like the solen or razor-fish.
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For instance, certain of these objects are fairly rooted, and in several cases perish if detached; thus the pinna is rooted to a particular spot, and the solen (or razor-shell) cannot survive withdrawal from its burrow.
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Vær hilset nu, naar solen atter stempler sit gyldne segl paa jordens stolte pande.
An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Martin Brown Ruud 1913
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Gay2 has stated that he found in the neighbourhood of Rio, shells of the marine genera solen and mytilus, and fresh water ampullariæ, living together in brackish water.
Chapter II 1909
chained_bear commented on the word solen
"...a grave elderly man in black who had a solen shell in one hand..."
--P. O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral, 83
A Sea of Words says: "The razor-fish, any bivalve mollusque of the genus Solen, having a long, narrow shell like the handle of a razor." (p. 409) I wonder if this is the same animal we call a razor clam...? I bet mollusque knows!
March 19, 2008