TUSK SHELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tusk shell mean? 

• TUSK SHELL (noun)
  The noun TUSK SHELL has 1 sense:

1. any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing

  Familiarity information: TUSK SHELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUSK SHELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tooth shell; tusk shell

Hypernyms ("tusk shell" is a kind of...):

scaphopod (burrowing marine mollusk)