2. (Zoöl.) A boat bug. See Boat bug.

Boat"man*ship, n. The art of managing a boat.

Boat"-shaped` (&?;), a. (Bot.) See Cymbiform.

Boat" shell` (&?;). (Zoöl.) (a) A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. (b) A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.

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