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Lampshells

the familiar designation of certain brachiopodous mollusks, especially those of the genus Terebratula, which when closed bear a close resemblance to the shape of the old Roman lamp.

LAMSACUS (läm'sä-kös), or LAM- SAKI (läm´sä-kē) (ancient Lampsacus), a maritime village of Asia Minor, on the Hellespont, nearly opposite Gallipoli. It was in ancient times given by Xerxes to Themistocles.

LAMU (lä'mö), an island and town on the coast of East Africa; lat. 2° 20′ LANCASHIRE S., the administration of which was granted in 1889 to the Imperial British East Africa Company.

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