So"len (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. channel, a shellfish.]
1. Med.
A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.
2. Zool.
Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family Solenidae; a razor shell.
© Webster 1913.
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