BUBBLE SHELL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell

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Nouns denoting animals

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

gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

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

genus Haminoea; Haminoea (common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America)

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