Tooth Shell (Noun)
Meaning
Any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The kids had fun searching for shells on the beach and stumbled upon a large tooth shell left behind by its owner.
- Tooth shell fossils can often be found in areas where ancient seas once covered the land.
- At low tide, she went looking for creatures and spotted a tooth shell deep within the sand.
- Tooth shells live mostly in sandy or muddy tidal areas where their spade-like foot helps them dig and hide.
- When the tide went out, he found many different shells, including a tooth shell with one end broken off.