Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Solen \So"len\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? channel, a shellfish.]
   1. (Med.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See {Cradle}, 6.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to {Solen}
      or allied genera of the family {Solenid[ae]}; a razor
      shell.