sunset shell

English

Noun

sunset shell (plural sunset shells)

  1. A West Indian marine bivalve (Tellina radiata) having a smooth shell marked with radiating bands of varied colours resembling those seen at sunset or before sunrise.

Synonyms
  • rising sun

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 sunset shell under sunset in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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