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trough-shell

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables
trough-shell
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bivalve mollusc of the genus Mactra.

Inflected Forms

trough-shells (plural)

Questions

What does trough-shell mean?
Any bivalve mollusc of the genus Mactra.

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