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carrier shell

carrier shell noun: any marine snail of the family Xenophoridae, which cements stones and shell fragments to its own shell.

carrier shell: any marine snail of the family Xenophoridae, which cements stones and shell fragments to its own...
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Noun

carrier shell (plural carrier shells)

  1. Any marine snail of the family Xenophoridae, which cements stones and shell fragments to its own shell.
    Synonyms:
    mason shell

Synonyms of carrier shell

Forms of carrier shell

pluralcarrier shells

Questions about carrier shell

What does carrier shell mean?
Carrier shell means any marine snail of the family Xenophoridae, which cements stones and shell fragments to its own shell.
What part of speech is carrier shell?
Carrier shell is a noun.
What is the plural of carrier shell?
The plural of carrier shell is carrier shells.

Words near carrier shell in the dictionary

  1. carrier protein
  2. carrier proteins
  3. carrier screening
  4. carrier set
  5. carrier sets
  6. carrier shell
  7. carrier shells
  8. carrier wave
  9. carrier waves
  10. carrier-pigeon
  11. carrier-pigeons

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