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Definition: Tellina radiata
Sunset
\Sun“set”\, Sunsetting
\Sun"set`ting\, n.
1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time
when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.
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'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
--Campbell.
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2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.
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Sunset shell (Zo["o]l.), a West Indian marine bivalve
(
Tellina radiata) having a smooth shell marked with
radiating bands of varied colors resembling those seen at
sunset or before sunrise; -- called also
rising sun.
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