tooth-shelln.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtooth-shell.

1. The long tubular shell, in shape like a tooth or tusk, of any gastropod mollusc of Dentalium or other allied genus; also the mollusc itself.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Scaphopoda > [noun] > member of genus Dentalium

hake's tooth1584

antal1657

dental1678

tooth-shell?1711

tusk-shell1825

dentalium1864

tusk1916

?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 65 Small English Tooth-shell... It's smooth, white, and somewhat crooked with purplish Tips.

1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 145 Dentalium. Tooth-Shell.

1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side v. 314 The old shell of the mollusk, commonly called Tooth-shell (Dentalium entalis),..so common on our coasts, shaped like a small horn.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 548 The Tooth-shells are animal feeders, devouring foraminifera and minute bivalves.

2. false tooth-shell, the similar shell (or animal) of the molluscous genus Cæca, or the family Cæcidæ.

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3. ‘In Australia, the shell of Marinula pellucida, a small marine mollusc used for necklaces’ (Morris Austral Eng.).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	tooth-shell
释义	tooth-shelln. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtooth-shell. 1. The long tubular shell, in shape like a tooth or tusk, of any gastropod mollusc of Dentalium or other allied genus; also the mollusc itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Scaphopoda > [noun] > member of genus Dentalium hake's tooth1584 antal1657 dental1678 tooth-shell?1711 tusk-shell1825 dentalium1864 tusk1916 ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 65 Small English Tooth-shell... It's smooth, white, and somewhat crooked with purplish Tips. 1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 145 Dentalium. Tooth-Shell. 1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side v. 314 The old shell of the mollusk, commonly called Tooth-shell (Dentalium entalis),..so common on our coasts, shaped like a small horn. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 548 The Tooth-shells are animal feeders, devouring foraminifera and minute bivalves. 2. false tooth-shell, the similar shell (or animal) of the molluscous genus Cæca, or the family Cæcidæ. Categories » 3. ‘In Australia, the shell of Marinula pellucida, a small marine mollusc used for necklaces’ (Morris Austral Eng.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.?1711
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