NOAH'S ARK

n. 1 a the ship in which (according to the Bible) Noah, his family, and the animals were saved. b an imitation of this as a child's toy. 2 a large or cumbrous or old-fashioned trunk or vehicle. 3 a small bivalve mollusc, Arca tetragona, with a boat-shaped shell. [Noah, Hebrew patriarch in Gen. 6]