tooth shell


noun
  1. any marine mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, having a curved, tapering shell that is open at both ends.

  2. the shell itself.

Origin of tooth shell

1
First recorded in 1705–15

Words Nearby tooth shell

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How to use tooth shell in a sentence

  • One of the most characteristic of them lives in Dentalium, the tooth-shell.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
  • The second family, Dentaliadæ, affords the curious Dentalium, or tooth shell.

    The Ocean World: | Louis Figuier
  • This is the well-known Dentalium pretiosum, or Tooth-shell, generally known as the Hioqua.

    The Adventures of John Jewitt | John Rodgers Jewitt

British Dictionary definitions for tooth shell

tooth shell

noun
  1. another name for the tusk shell

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