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cone shell

American

noun

any of numerous, chiefly tropical, marine gastropods of the genus Conus, having a smooth, brightly colored, conical shell with a short, flattened spire.

cone shell British

noun

Sometimes shortened to: cone. any of various tropical marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Conus and related genera, having a smooth conical shell

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Flat pieces of coral had been placed where their heads once were, each topped with a ring made from a cone shell.

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On coming inland from sea-coast, the tradition says, they cut the end of a cone shell, so as to make it a little of the half-moon shape; this is their chief ornament.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi by Waller, Horace

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