ARK SHELL

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Meaning:

Marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface

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Nouns denoting animals

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

bivalve; lamellibranch; pelecypod (marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together)

Holonyms ("ark shell" is a member of...):

Arca; genus Arca (type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams)

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