pilgrims' shells

A form of pilgrim's shell — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of pilgrim's shell
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