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aludel (medicine)


aludel
<chemistry> One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; used in the process of sublimation.

Origin: F. & Sp. Aludel, fr. Ar. Aluthal.

Source: Websters Dictionary


tridacna (iou)



tridacna noun. L18.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek tridaknos eaten at three bites, from tri- TRI- + daknein to bite.]
Zoology. (A shell of) any of several large tropical bivalve molluscs of the genus Tridacna, which includes the giant clam, T. gigas.