'Spur-shell' definitions:
Definition of 'Spur-shell'
- Spur-shell \Spur"-shell`\ (sp[^u]r"sh[e^]l`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of handsome marine 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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