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Meaning of SPUR-SHELL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spur"-shell`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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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