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ARK SHELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ark shell mean?
• ARK SHELL (noun)
The noun ARK SHELL has 1 sense:
1. marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface
Familiarity information: ARK SHELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("ark shell" is a kind of...):
bivalve; lamellibranch; pelecypod (marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together)
Holonyms ("ark shell" is a member of...):
Arca; genus Arca (type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams)
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