HyperDic: scorpion_shell

English > 1 sense of the expression scorpion shell:
NOUNanimalscorpion shellany of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines
English > scorpion shell: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines.
Member ofLambis, genus Lambisscorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere
BroadersnailFreshwater or marine or terrestrial / terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell

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