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. 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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