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Webster 1913 Edition

Solen

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So′len

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] channel, a shellfish.]

1.

(Med.)

A cradle, as for a broken limb. See

, 6.

2.

(Zool.)

Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to

Solen

or allied genera of the family

Solenidae

; a razor shell.