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Definition of Moonshell
1. Noun. Marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires.
Exact synonyms: Moon Shell
Generic synonyms: Seasnail
Group relationships: Family Naticidae, Naticidae
Generic synonyms: Seasnail
Group relationships: Family Naticidae, Naticidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonshell
Literary usage of Moonshell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, Called Bedford by Samuel Wells (1830)
"... abutting upon So- Iham Fen, containing two acres and five- and-twenty perches ;
out of the several ground of Oliver Cromwel, Gent, called moonshell, ..."
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