tooth shell

tooth shell
noun
any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing
• Syn: ↑tusk shell
• Hypernyms: ↑scaphopod

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noun
1. : a mollusk of the class Scaphopoda
2. : the shell of a tooth shell having the shape of an elephant's tusk and formerly used as money by the Indians along the northwest coast of No. America

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1. any marine mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, having a curved, tapering shell that is open at both ends.
2. the shell itself. Also called tusk shell.
[1705-15]

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tooth shell,
1. the long, tubular, toothlike shell of a scaphopod.
2. = scaphopod. (Cf. ↑scaphopod)

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n. a burrowing mollusk with a slender tusk-shaped shell, which is open at both ends and typically white, and a three-lobed foot. Also called tusk shell. ● Class Scaphopoda, in particular the genus Dentalium

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • tooth shell — tooth′ shell n. 1) ivt any marine mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, having a curved, tapering shell that is open at both ends 2) ivt the shell itself • Etymology: 1705–15 …   From formal English to slang

  • tooth shell — n. SCAPHOPOD …   English World dictionary

  • tooth shell — 1. any marine mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, having a curved, tapering shell that is open at both ends. 2. the shell itself. Also called tusk shell. [1705 15] * * * …   Universalium

  • tooth shell — noun Date: circa 1711 any of a class (Scaphopoda) of burrowing marine mollusks with a tapering tubular shell; also this shell …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tooth shell — noun Any of various molluscs, of the class Scaphopoda, that have curved, tapering shells and a spade like foot Syn: tusk shell …   Wiktionary

  • tooth shell — noun another term for tusk shell …   English new terms dictionary

  • tooth shell — /ˈtuθ ʃɛl/ (say toohth shel) noun a member of the scaphopod mollusc genus Dentalium, having a long, tapering, tubular shell …  

  • tooth-shell — …   Useful english dictionary

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