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.

tooth shell

noun

1. See tusk shell
   another name for the tusk shell

Word History and Origins

Origin of tooth shell¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

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

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The second family, Dentaliadæ, affords the curious Dentalium, or tooth shell.

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This is the well-known Dentalium pretiosum, or Tooth-shell, generally known as the Hioqua.

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