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Noun: sea cradle  see'krey-d(u)l
  1. Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
    - chiton, coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore

Derived forms: sea cradles

Type of: mollusc, mollusk, shellfish

Part of: genus Chiton

Encyclopedia: Sea cradle