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Definition of shell
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of shell is as below...
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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Nudibranchiata
::
Nudibranchiata
(n. pl.) A
division
of
opisthobranchiate
mollusks,
having
no shell
except
while very
young.
The gills are naked and
situated
upon the back or
sides.
See
Ceratobranchia..
Shellproof
::
Shellproof
(a.)
Capable
of
resisting
bombs or other
shells;
bombproof.
Concave
::
Concave
(a.)
Hollow
and
curved
or
rounded;
vaulted;
-- said of the
interior
of a
curved
surface
or line, as of the curve of the of the inner
surface
of an
eggshell,
in
opposition
to
convex;
as, a
concave
mirror;
the
concave
arch of the sky..
Splintery
::
Splinterproof
(a.) Proof
against
the
splinters,
or
fragments,
of
bursting
shells..
Cingulum
::
Cingulum
(n.) A
distinct
girdle
or band of
color;
a
raised
spiral
line as seen on
certain
univalve
shells.
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..
Bomb
::
Bomb (n.) A
shell;
esp. a
spherical
shell,
like those fired from
mortars.
See
Shell..
Muschelkalk
::
Muschelkalk
(n.) A kind of shell
limestone,
whose
strata
form the
middle
one of the three
divisions
of the
Triassic
formation
in
Germany.
See
Chart,
under
Geology..
Delthyris
::
Delthyris
(n.) A name
formerly
given to
certain
Silurian
brachiopod
shells
of the genus
Spirifer.
Foraminifera
::
Foraminifera
(n. pl.) An
extensive
order of
rhizopods
which
generally
have a
chambered
calcareous
shell
formed
by
several
united
zooids.
Many of them have
perforated
walls,
whence
the name. Some
species
are
covered
with sand. See
Rhizophoda..
Torpedo
::
Torpedo
(n.) A kind of
detonating
cartridge
or shell
placed
on a rail, and
exploded
when
crushed
under the
locomotive
wheels,
-- used as an alarm
signal..
Vasum
::
Vasum (n.) A genus
including
several
species
of large
marine
gastropods
having
massive
pyriform
shells,
with
conspicuous
folds on the
columella..
Vesicle
::
Vesicle
(n.) A small
convex
hollow
prominence
on the
surface
of a shell or a
coral.
Whorl
::
Whorl (n. & v.) A
volution,
or turn, of the spire of a
univalve
shell..
Porcellaneous
::
Porcellaneous
(a.)
Having
a
smooth,
compact
shell
without
pores;
-- said of
certain
Foraminifera..
Scallop
::
Scallop
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
marine
bivalve
mollusks
of the genus
Pecten
and
allied
genera
of the
family
Pectinidae.
The shell is
usually
radially
ribbed,
and the edge is
therefore
often
undulated
in a
characteristic
manner.
The large
adductor
muscle
of some the
species
is much used as food. One
species
(Vola
Jacobaeus)
occurs
on the coast of
Palestine,
and its shell was
formerly
worn by
pilgrims
as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land.
Called
also fan
shell.
See
Pecten,
2..
Calamary
::
Calamary
(n.) A
cephalopod,
belonging
to the genus
Loligo
and
related
genera.
There are many
species.
They have a sack of
inklike
fluid which they
discharge
from the
siphon
tube, when
pursued
or
alarmed,
in order to
confuse
their
enemies.
Their shell is a thin horny
plate,
within
the flesh of the back,
shaped
very much like a quill pen. In
America
they are
called
squids.
See
Squid..
Anaptychus
::
Anaptychus
(n.) One of a pair of
shelly
plates
found in some
cephalopods,
as the
ammonites..
Tusk-shell
::
Tusk-shell
(n.) See 2d Tusk, n., 2..
Sea-ear
::
Sea-ear
(n.) Any
species
of
ear-shaped
shells
of the genus
Haliotis.
See
Abalone.
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