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Solen

Solen \So"len\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? channel, a shellfish.]

  1. (Med.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family Solenid[ae]; a razor shell.

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solen

n. 1 (context medicine English) A cradle, as for a broken limb. 2 (context zoology English) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to ''Solen'' or allied genus; a razor shell.

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Solen, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 86
Housing Units (2000): 43
Land area (2000): 0.299606 sq. miles (0.775977 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.299606 sq. miles (0.775977 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73820
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.387758 N, 100.795812 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Solen

Solen may refer to

  • Solen, Ancient Greek name for Thamirabarani River
  • Solen, North Dakota
  • the mollusc genus Solen, family Solenidae
  • the Swedish galleon Solen
  • Şölen, a food company in Turkey.
Solen (bivalve)

Solen is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Solenidae.

Usage examples of "solen".

Wave ripples on the sand: the traces of annelids, solens, clams: a distant flight of dunlins, close-packed, flying fast, all wheeling together and changing colour as they wheeled.

This copilot was new, from the French refugees in the Alps, named Pierre Solens: he was quite young, recently trained.

Pierre Solens had vanished and it took Jonnie hours to find that he had been seen boarding a plane that had come through, sky-hiking his way back to Europe.