a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction | one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods |
a low-cut shoe without fastenings | the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs |
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body | control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid |
| device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone |
| a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it |