Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of razor-clams, of the family Solenidæ, including those species in which the hinge-teeth are several and the shell is curved.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of bivalve mollusks consisting of razor clams.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun razor clams
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Examples
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The specific label jamaicensis is named for Jamaica, the country, and from the Latin ensis (which means belonging to a place).
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Ter, quater, atque iterum cito vorpalissimus ensis
literature 2007
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'Tis the common humour of them all, to contemn death, to wish for death, to confront death in this case, Quippe queis nec fera, nec ignis, neque praecipitium, nec fretum, nec ensis, neque laqueus gravia videntur; 'Tis their desire (saith Tyrius) to die.
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Túncque Imperator addit hæc verba: Ergo scitote, quod ex nunc verbum meum acutum et scindens erit vt meus ensis: [i. cathedra.]
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Sed cum successu ipso truculentior, alacritate nimia procurreret, ensis manu excidit.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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T鷑cque Imperator addit h鎐 verba: Ergo scitote, quod ex nunc verbum meum acutum et scindens erit vt meus ensis: [i. cathedra.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In Ovid's poetry, the proportion of instances of _ensis_ to instances of _gladius_ is about 90: 30; in the poetry of exile, it is 21: 3.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Various shells come in handily also; amongst those may be mentioned the common razor shells (Solen ensis and siliqua), several of the Venus shells, the common limpets, the chitons, several of the trochi, and last, but not least, the shells of the speckled scallop (Pecten varius).
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"Nicholaus Cancer de Coesze, cler [icus] Trever [ensis] dioc [esis]".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Potest enim unus tot uocabulis gladius agnosci; haec enim unitatum iteratio potius est non numeratio, uelut si ita dicamus "ensis mucro gladius," repetitio quaedam est eiusdem non numeratio diuersorum, uelut si dicam "sol sol sol," non tres soles effecerim, sed de uno totiens praedicauerim.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
jaime_d commented on the word ensis
a sword. From "C. Musonius Rufus" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010