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tooth shell

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tooth shell
n.
Any of various burrowing marine mollusks of the class Scaphopoda, having a long, tapering, slightly curved tubular shell. Also called scaphopod, tusk shell.

tooth shell
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the tusk shell
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Noun1.tooth shell - any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowingtooth shell - any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing
scaphopod - burrowing marine mollusk


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