rosary shell

English
a rosary shell (Monodontia labio)

Noun

rosary shell (plural rosary shells)

  1. Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-coloured and pearly.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rosary shell under rosary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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