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MOON SHELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires
Synonyms:
moon shell; moonshell
Classified under:
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)