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How to pronounce “spur-shell”
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- The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods
- Definition summary
- (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.
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The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods

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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (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.
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