Usually means: Edible mollusk resembling a date.
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  1. date shell: Merriam-Webster
  2. date-shell, date shell: Wordnik
  3. date shell: Wiktionary
  4. Date shell: Dictionary.com
  5. date shell: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Date shell: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera.

Similar:
date fish, pholas, pholad, piddock, phloladid, carrier shell, pen shell, lamp shell, lampshell, clubshell, more...

Opposite:
date pit, date stone, date seed

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Similar:
date fish, pholas, pholad, piddock, phloladid, carrier shell, pen shell, lamp shell, lampshell, clubshell, more...

Opposite:
date pit, date stone, date seed



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