needle whelk
noun
A horn shell of the genus Bittium (family Cerithiidae); especially B. reticulatum of the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in William Borlase (1696–1772), antiquary and naturalist.
- shadchan
- Shaddai
- shaddock
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- shade
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- shader
- shades of ——
- shadily
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