pear shell
now rare
noun
The pear-shaped shell of a tropical marine gastropod mollusc of the genus Ficus or family Ficidae; the mollusc itself; also called fig shell.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Standard Natural History.
- Cartier, Jacques
- cartilage
- cartilaginous
- cartilaginous fish
- car tire
- Cartland, Dame Barbara
- cartload
- cartogram
- cartographer
- cartographic
- cartographical
- cartographically
- cartography
- cartomancer
- cartomancy
- carton
- cartonnage
- cartoon
- cartoon character
- cartoonish
- cartoonist
- cartoony
- cartop
- cartophilist
- cartophily