A burrowing European mollusc that has a spiral shell with a flared lip that extends into several points.
鹈足螺
Aporrhais pespelecani, family Aporrhaidae, class Gastropoda
Example sentencesExamples
Only seven known species of the Pelican's Foot shell have been found, some of which are from the deep sea and rare.
He has made various recent acquisitions of curios like a marble sculpture in the shape of a pelican's foot shell, from around 400 B.C., paper thin so that light shines through it, and a pair of larger-than-life eyes with bronze eyelids, monumentally surreal.
Definition of pelican's foot shell in US English:
pelican's foot shell
noun
A burrowing European mollusk that has a spiral shell with a flared lip that extends into several points.
鹈足螺
Aporrhais pespelecani, family Aporrhaidae, class Gastropoda
Example sentencesExamples
Only seven known species of the Pelican's Foot shell have been found, some of which are from the deep sea and rare.
He has made various recent acquisitions of curios like a marble sculpture in the shape of a pelican's foot shell, from around 400 B.C., paper thin so that light shines through it, and a pair of larger-than-life eyes with bronze eyelids, monumentally surreal.