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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Spur-shell

/(spûr"shĕl`)/ · Spur·-shell · IPA
01 n. Any one of several species of handsome marine gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin t…
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    Any one of several species of handsome marine gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.(Zool.)