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spur-shells

spur-shells is the plural of spur-shell.

Meaning of spur-shell

Noun

spur-shell (plural spur-shells)

  1. (dated) Any of several species of conical gastropod shells in the family Trochidae and genus Astraea in family Turbinidae, the margin of the shells being toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.

Questions about spur-shells

What is spur-shells the plural of?
Spur-shells is the plural of spur-shell.

Words near spur-shells in the dictionary

  1. spur-royal
  2. spur-royals
  3. spur-ryal
  4. spur-ryals
  5. spur-shell
  6. spur-shells
  7. spur-throated grasshopper
  8. spur-throated grasshoppers
  9. spur-throated locust
  10. spur-throated locusts
  11. spur-way

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