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Definition of shell
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Shell (n.) The hard
covering
of an egg.
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Shard
::
Shard (n.) A piece or
fragment
of an
earthen
vessel,
or a like
brittle
substance,
as the shell of an egg or
snail..
Scrimshaw
::
Scrimshaw
(n.) A
shell,
a
whale's
tooth,
or the like, that is
scrimshawed..
Sheal
::
Sheal (n.) A shell or pod.
Exuviation
::
Exuviation
(n.) The
rejecting
or
casting
off of some part, more
particularly,
the outer
cuticular
layer,
as the
shells
of
crustaceans,
skins of
snakes,
etc.;
molting;
ecdysis..
Chelonia
::
Chelonia
(n. pl.) An order of
reptiles,
including
the
tortoises
and
turtles,
peculiar
in
having
a part of the
vertebrae,
ribs, and
sternum
united
with the
dermal
plates
so as to form a firm
shell.
The jaws are
covered
by a horny beak. See
Reptilia;
also,
Illust.
in
Appendix..
Cowry
::
Cowry (n.) A
marine
shell of the genus
Cypraea.
Toxoglossa
::
Toxoglossa
(n.pl.)
A
division
of
marine
gastropod
mollusks
in which the
radula
are
converted
into
poison
fangs.
The cone
shells
(Conus),
Pleurotoma,
and
Terebra,
are
examples.
See
Illust.
of Cone, n., 4,
Pleurotoma,
and
Terebra..
Fuze
::
Fuze (n.) A tube,
filled
with
combustible
matter,
for
exploding
a
shell,
etc. See Fuse, n..
Crustacea
::
Crustacea
(n. pl.) One of the
classes
of the
arthropods,
including
lobsters
and
crabs;
-- so
called
from the
crustlike
shell with which they are
covered..
Sphere
::
Sphere
(n.) In
ancient
astronomy,
one of the
concentric
and
eccentric
revolving
spherical
transparent
shells
in which the
stars,
sun,
planets,
and moon were
supposed
to be set, and by which they were
carried,
in such a
manner
as to
produce
their
apparent
motions..
Siphonostome
::
Siphonostome
(n.) A
siphonostomatous
shell.
Eggshell
::
Eggshell
(n.) A
smooth,
white,
marine,
gastropod
shell of the genus
Ovulum,
resembling
an egg in
form..
Purpura
::
Purpura
(n.) A genus of
marine
gastropods,
usually
having
a rough and thick
shell.
Some
species
yield a
purple
dye..
Gulgul
::
Gulgul
(n.) A
cement
made in India from sea
shells,
pulverized
and mixed with oil, and
spread
over a
ship's
bottom,
to
prevent
the
boring
of
worms..
Umbilicus
::
Umbilicus
(n.) A
depression
or
opening
in the
center
of the base of many
spiral
shells.
Ambitus
::
Ambitus
(n.) The
exterior
edge or
border
of a
thing,
as the
border
of a leaf, or the
outline
of a
bivalve
shell..
Nicker Nut
::
Nicker
nut () A
rounded
seed,
rather
smaller
than a
nutmeg,
having
a hard
smooth
shell,
and a
yellowish
or
bluish
color.
The seeds grow in the
prickly
pods of
tropical,
woody
climbers
of the genus
Caesalpinia.
C.
Bonduc
has
yellowish
seeds;
C.
Bonducella,
bluish
gray..
Portfire
::
Portfire
(n.) A case of
strong
paper
filled
with a
composition
of
niter,
sulphur,
and
mealed
powder,
-- used
principally
to
ignite
the
priming
in
proving
guns, and as an
incendiary
material
in
shells..
Skimmer
::
Skimmer
(n.) Any one of
several
large
bivalve
shells,
sometimes
used for
skimming
milk, as the sea
clams,
and large
scallops..
Calipash
::
Calipash
(n.) A part of a
turtle
which is next to the upper
shell.
It
contains
a fatty and
gelatinous
substance
of a dull
greenish
tinge,
much
esteemed
as a
delicacy
in
preparations
of
turtle..
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