coquille d'escargot

Definitions of coquille d'escargot
  1. noun
    the shell of a marine organism
    synonyms: coquillage, coquille de mer
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    type of:
    carapace, coque, gousse, écale
    the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
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