Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bubble shell

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: bub-ble shell
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the headshield slugs of genus Bulla, belonging to the order Cephalaspidea of gastropods.

noun

Any of the headshield slugs of genus Bulla, belonging to the order Cephalaspidea of gastropods.

noun

Any member of the family Epitoniidae (syn. Janthinidae), of pelagic sea snails.

Inflected Forms

bubble shells (plural)

Synonyms

purple snail violet snail

Questions

What does bubble shell mean?: Any of the headshield slugs of genus Bulla, belonging to the order Cephalaspidea of gastropods.

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