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TUSK SHELL
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I. (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
Synonyms:
tooth shell; tusk shell
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tusk shell" is a kind of...):
scaphopod (burrowing marine mollusk)