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Gold shell

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A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use; - called also gold paint.
(Zool.) A bivalve shell (Anomia glabra) of the Atlantic coast; - called also jingle shell and silver shell. See Anomia.

See also: Gold Gold



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