2. (verb) to roll (as the sea).
3. (noun) necklace shell, Tanea zelandica - medium-sized sea snail predatory, a marine gastropod mollusc that lives in shallow water to depths of 550 m around the coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Light-brown shell usually covered in rows of brown V-shaped markings.
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