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noun A burrowing European mollusc that has a spiral shell with a flared lip that extends into several points. Aporrhais pespelecani, family Aporrhaidae, class Gastropoda Example sentencesExamples - Only seven known species of the Pelican's Foot shell have been found, some of which are from the deep sea and rare.
- He has made various recent acquisitions of curios like a marble sculpture in the shape of a pelican's foot shell, from around 400 B.C., paper thin so that light shines through it, and a pair of larger-than-life eyes with bronze eyelids, monumentally surreal.
noun A burrowing European mollusk that has a spiral shell with a flared lip that extends into several points. Aporrhais pespelecani, family Aporrhaidae, class Gastropoda Example sentencesExamples - Only seven known species of the Pelican's Foot shell have been found, some of which are from the deep sea and rare.
- He has made various recent acquisitions of curios like a marble sculpture in the shape of a pelican's foot shell, from around 400 B.C., paper thin so that light shines through it, and a pair of larger-than-life eyes with bronze eyelids, monumentally surreal.
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