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BUBBLE SHELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bubble shell mean?
• BUBBLE SHELL (noun)
The noun BUBBLE SHELL has 1 sense:
1. marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell
Familiarity information: BUBBLE SHELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("bubble shell" is a kind of...):
gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)
Holonyms ("bubble shell" is a member of...):
genus Haminoea; Haminoea (common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America)
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