topshells

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topshells - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trochus \Tro"chus\, n.; pl. Trochi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wheel.]
     (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells
     belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family
     Trochidae. Some of the species are called also topshells.
     [1913 Webster]