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tusk shell

noun

  1. tooth shell.

tusk shell

noun

  1. Also called: tooth shell. any of various burrowing seashore molluscs of the genus Dentalium and related genera that have a long narrow tubular shell open at both ends: class Scaphopoda

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tusk shell1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Dentalium, a tusk shell often used in Indigenous jewelry, caught her eye in particular.

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