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MOON SHELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moon shell mean?
• MOON SHELL (noun)
The noun MOON SHELL has 1 sense:
1. marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires
Familiarity information: MOON SHELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
moon shell; moonshell
Hypernyms ("moon shell" is a kind of...):
seasnail (any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids)
Holonyms ("moon shell" is a member of...):
family Naticidae; Naticidae (moonshells)
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