MOON SHELL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires

Synonyms:

moon shell; moonshell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

seasnail (any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids)

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

family Naticidae; Naticidae (moonshells)

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