weavers' shuttle
nounEtymology From its shape.
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An East Indian marine univalve shell (Radius volva).
- But the most siingular shell belonging to this group is the Waver's Shuttle, (Radius volva,) in which each end of the lip is produced into a very slender canal, longer than the body of the shell itself.1861, Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution,, page 195:
- Of the Ovulidae, the most curious is the "Weaver's-shuttle" ( Radius volva ) , in which the shell is peculiarly beaked at both ends .1908, British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology, A Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries, page 15: