landshark

Naut .: A sharper, a lawyer. land-shells, s . pl . Shells of terrestrial mollusks. They are found not merely on continents, but on most oceanic islands. Mr. Darwin believed that they could be floated thither on driftwood, if they po e ed, as many of them do, an operculum to shut out the salt water when in proce of transit. *land-skip, 8. [LANDSCAPE.] land-slater, s. Zoology: Oniscus a sell us , an isopod crustacean, closely allied to the common woodlouse ( Porcellio scaber). There are two rows of yellow spots on the back. The land-slater has eight joints in the outer antenne; the woodlouse but seven. ( Wood .)