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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 burrowing
Familiarity information: TOOTH SHELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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