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Definition of Scorpion shell
1. Noun. Any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorpion Shell
Literary usage of Scorpion shell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"These insects are found chiefly in damp situations, under bushes, etc. Scorpion-shell,
or Spider-shell, ... The orange-mouthed scorpion-shell (P. ..."
2. Young Folks' Pictures and Stories of Animals: For Home and School by Abby Amy Tenney (1886)
"But it does not have these claws when it is young; they grow out as tho animal
grow;; to ito fall siso. The Scorpion-Shell 13 very pretty ..."
3. The Intellectual Observer (1867)
"... univalves is produced by the formation of a final aperture and ultimate lip
to their shells. This is well seen in the " spider," or " scorpion- shell," ..."
4. A Manual of the Mollusca: Being a Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells by Samuel Peckworth Woodward, Ralph Tate (1880)
"scorpion shell. Etymology, pteron, a wing, and ceras, a horn. Type, P. lambis.
PI. TV., Fig. 3. ..."
5. The Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living ...by Julia Ellen Rogers by Julia Ellen Rogers (1908)
"119 Little Screw Shell, Pelican's Foot and scorpion shell . 122 Cowries .........
123 Cowries and Coffee Bean Shells . . . . 134 Egg Shells 135 Helmet ..."
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