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TOOTH SHELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tooth shell mean? 

TOOTH SHELL (noun)
  The noun TOOTH SHELL has 1 sense:

1. any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowingplay

  Familiarity information: TOOTH SHELL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOOTH SHELL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tooth shell; tusk shell

Hypernyms ("tooth shell" is a kind of...):

scaphopod (burrowing marine mollusk)


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