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Definition of Tooth shell
1. Noun. Any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing.
Definition of Tooth shell
1. Noun. Any of various molluscs, of the class ''Scaphopoda'', that have curved, tapering shells and a spade-like foot ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tooth Shell
Literary usage of Tooth shell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"TOOTH-SHELL. See DENTALIUM. TOOTHACHE, a pain in a tooth or adjacent jaw, arising
from various causes. The most common cause is decay of some portion of the ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"19. DENNIS, town of Massachusetts, VI. 19. DENNIS, John, English writer, VI. 19.
Density, XIII. 719, 1 ab. DENT, county, VI. 20. DENTA'LIUM, or tooth shell, ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"DENNIS, town of Massachusetts, VI. 19. DENNIS, John, English writer, VI. 19.
Density, XIII. 719, l ab. DENT, county, VI. 20. DENTA'LICM, or tooth shell, VI. ..."
4. A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands by William Turton (1819)
"TOOTH-SHELL. Shell with a single valve, linear, tubular, not divided into ...
Ivory Tooth-shell. Shell a little taper and slightly bent, open at both ends ..."
5. A Manual of Conchology: According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck, with by Thomas Wyatt (1838)
"The Ivory tooth shell. Species of a reddish or pale yellow colour, with the tip
frequently tinged with orange or pink. FAMILY III. ..."
6. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Workedited by Thomas Edward Finegan edited by Thomas Edward Finegan (1922)
"... Tooth-shell Tornado skillful dentist should be had recourse symptoms of decay
the services of a to. The decay of a tooth is very often arrested by ..."
7. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1891)
"Bear's ear (tooth shell, ... Honeysuckle (tooth shell and small valves, and lance
of barnacle). 1. ..."
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