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Definition of shell

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Shell (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like..

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Varix :: Varix (n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.

Plastron :: Plastron (n.) The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.

Fauces :: Fauces (n.pl.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

Soft-shelled :: Soft-shelled (a.) Having a soft or fragile shell.

Exuviae :: Exuviae (n. pl.) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc..

Tusk :: Tusk (n.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell..

Sheal :: Sheal (v. t.) To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod..

Testudineous :: Testudineous (a.) Resembling the shell of a tortoise.

Shelly :: Shelly (a.) Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell..

Boat Shell :: Boat shell () A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck.

Turtlehead :: Turtlehead (n.) An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony..

Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.

Harpa :: Harpa (n.) A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs..

Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells..

Sea Trumpet :: Sea trumpet () Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.

Aspidobranchia :: Aspidobranchia (n. pl.) A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets..

Loricate :: Loricate (v.) Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo..

Serpulite :: Serpulite (n.) A fossil serpula shell.

Shell :: Shell (n.) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell..

Sandworm :: Sandworm (n.) Any species of annelids of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters..