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weavers' shuttles

weavers' shuttles is the plural of weavers' shuttle.

Meaning of weavers' shuttle

Noun

weavers' shuttle (plural weavers' shuttles)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    shuttle volva

Questions about weavers' shuttles

What is weavers' shuttles the plural of?
Weavers' shuttles is the plural of weavers' shuttle.

Words near weavers' shuttles in the dictionary

  1. Weavering
  2. Weavering Street
  3. Weaverling
  4. weavers
  5. weavers' shuttle
  6. weavers' shuttles
  7. Weaverthorpe
  8. Weavertown
  9. Weaverville
  10. weaves
  11. weavest

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