The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crepidula fornicata
Sweetmeat \Sweet"meat`\, n.
Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.
The paint used in making patent leather.
(Zo["o]l.) A boat shell ( Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast. [Local, U.S.]
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Crepidula fornicata