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tusk shell

tusk shell

noun

  1. any of various burrowing seashore molluscs of the genus Dentalium and related genera that have a long narrow tubular shell open at both ends: class Scaphopoda Also calledtooth shell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tusk shell1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Dentalium, a tusk shell often used in Indigenous jewelry, caught her eye in particular.

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