tooth shell

tooth shell

noun
1.
any marine mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, having a curved, tapering shell that is open at both ends.
2.
the shell itself.
Also called tusk shell.


Origin:
1705–15
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tooth shell
 
n
another name for the tusk shell

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tooth shell

any of several marine mollusks of the class Scaphopoda. There are four genera of tusk shells (Dentalium is typical and most common) and more than 350 species. Most tusk shells live in fairly deep water, sometimes to depths of about 4,000 metres (13,000 feet); many deep-sea species are cosmopolitan in distribution

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