Lexicographical Neighbors of Tellens
Literary usage of Tellens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. By the Deep Sea: A Popular Introduction to the Wild Life of the British Shores by Edward Step (1896)
"The tellens burrow slightly in sandy mud, frequently in shallow water. ...
Somewhat similar to the tellens in their delicacy and style of ornament are the ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1857)
"The shells were for the most part empty, (except in one or two instances of whelks
and tellens,) and belonged to the following genera:—mussel, cockle, ..."
3. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and by William Nicholson (1821)
"... and Lamarck have divided the tellens of Linnaeus into two new genera. 1.
Tellina, a transverse or ..."
4. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Heathcote William Garrod (1871)
"I would compare too in 237 tellens, for which I read pellens. And with reference
to this I will for convenience take here out of its order Mr Ellis' note on ..."
5. Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1866)
"The animals of these shells are unknown; but they are supposed to have long
syphons, like the tellens, as the shells have a broad deep inflation on the back ..."
6. The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge (1853)
"The animals of the*e shells are unknown; but they are supposed to have long
siphons, like the tellens, as the shells have a broad deep inflation on the back ..."
7. By the Deep Sea: A Popular Introduction to the Wild Life of the British Shores by Edward Step (1896)
"The tellens burrow slightly in sandy mud, frequently in shallow water. ...
Somewhat similar to the tellens in their delicacy and style of ornament are the ..."
8. The Gentleman's Magazine (1857)
"The shells were for the most part empty, (except in one or two instances of whelks
and tellens,) and belonged to the following genera:—mussel, cockle, ..."
9. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and by William Nicholson (1821)
"... and Lamarck have divided the tellens of Linnaeus into two new genera. 1.
Tellina, a transverse or ..."
10. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Heathcote William Garrod (1871)
"I would compare too in 237 tellens, for which I read pellens. And with reference
to this I will for convenience take here out of its order Mr Ellis' note on ..."
11. Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1866)
"The animals of these shells are unknown; but they are supposed to have long
syphons, like the tellens, as the shells have a broad deep inflation on the back ..."
12. The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge (1853)
"The animals of the*e shells are unknown; but they are supposed to have long
siphons, like the tellens, as the shells have a broad deep inflation on the back ..."
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