land shell en · NOUN
Meanings
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A land snail; a terrestrial gastropod.
Several pretty beetles, a superb "bug," and a few nice land-shells were obtained, and I returned in the afternoon well satisfied with my first trial of the promised land.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 199:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| land shells | Number=Plur | lexicographic |