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tusk shell

American  

noun

  1. tooth shell.

tusk shell British  

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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Etymology

Origin of tusk shell

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

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