Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

land shell

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: land shell
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A land snail; a terrestrial gastropod.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

land shells (plural)

Questions

What does land shell mean?: A land snail; a terrestrial gastropod.

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