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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In certain genera of the brachiopods, as Pentamerus and Conchidium, an internal spoon-shaped shelly plate extending from the beak of the ventral valve and serving as a support for the muscles. It is usually connected with the bottom of the valve by a vertical septum.
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It formerly bore grass four feet high, because many umbelliferous plants, such as Heracleum spondylium, Spiraea ulmaria, Laserpitium latifolia, etc., grew in it.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 03 (historical) 1874
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