= razor shell, n. Now rare.

Scottish (now chiefly Orkney). A razor shell (superfamily Solenaceae), which sometimes squirts out liquid when digging or when disturbed.

a bivalve mollusc which squirts out water; esp. (chiefly Scottish) a razor shell (= sense 3).

= razor shell, n.

The razor-fish.

A razor shell. Obsolete. rare.

A kind of marine bivalve mollusc (in quot. 1611 apparently: a razor shell).

Zoology. The razor-fish, Solen ensis or siliqua.

the razor-shell.

The razor-fish or solen. Obsolete.

Any of a large group of bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Solenaceae, having a long narrow shell resembling a folded cut-throat razor in shape and…

Popular name of species of Razor-shell, Solen siliqua or S. ensis. Chiefly U.S.

the razor-shell or spout-fish.

= main sense.

either of two edible bivalve molluscs: (a) the softshell clam, Mya arenaria; (b) the Atlantic jackknife clam, Ensis directus (rare).

a razor-shell, Solen vagina, shaped like a scabbard.

= sense 3.

a pelican's foot shell (genus Aporrhais), which has an expanded outer lip; (formerly also) a razor shell; = sense 3.

The razor shell Ensis(formerly Solon) ensis, of north-western Europe; = scimitar razor-shell n. at compounds 2. Obsolete. rare.

= razor shell, n.