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Thesaurus: spur-shell

Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.

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  1. n. Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.
  2. Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.
  3. Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of thegenus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margintoothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.