English Explanatory Dictionary

pilgrim's shell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A scallop or cockleshell used as a sign that one had visited the Holy Land or representing the Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James) pilgrimage in Spain, especially of species Pecten jacobaeus or P. maximus.
  2. Synonym of scallop.

Word forms

pilgrim's shell pilgrim's shells pilgrims' shells

Synonyms

pilgrim shell pilgrim's scallop Camino de Santiago shell scallop

Related words

pilgrim's gourd pilgrim's staff pilgrim's hat

Translations

Spanish: concha del peregrino
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