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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.) An
instrument
of
music,
as a lyre, -- the first lyre
having
been made, it is said, by
drawing
strings
over a
tortoise
shell..
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Terebra
::
Terebra
(n.) A genus of
marine
gastropods
having
a long,
tapering
spire.
They
belong
to the
Toxoglossa.
Called
also auger
shell..
Buccinoid
::
Buccinoid
(a.)
Resembling
the genus
Buccinum,
or
pertaining
to the
Buccinidae,
a
family
of
marine
univalve
shells.
See
Whelk,
and
Prosobranchiata..
Bitternut
::
Bitternut
(n.) The swamp
hickory
(Carya
amara).
Its
thin-shelled
nuts are
bitter.
Hubble-bubble
::
Hubble-bubble
(n.) A
tobacco
pipe, so
arranged
that the smoke
passes
through
water,
making
a
bubbling
noise,
whence
its name. In
India,
the bulb
containing
the water is often a
cocoanut
shell..
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..
Pecan
::
Pecan (n.) A
species
of
hickory
(Carya
olivaeformis),
growing
in North
America,
chiefly
in the
Mississippi
valley
and in
Texas,
where it is one of the
largest
of
forest
trees;
also, its
fruit,
a
smooth,
oblong
nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and
well-flavored
meat..
Conchifera
::
Conchifera
(n. pl.) That class of
Mollusca
which
includes
the
bivalve
shells;
the
Lamellibranchiata.
See
Mollusca.
Chank
::
Chank (n.) The East
Indian
name for the large
spiral
shell of
several
species
of sea conch much used in
making
bangles,
esp.
Turbinella
pyrum.
Called
also chank
chell..
Shell
::
Shell (n.) Any
slight
hollow
structure;
a
framework,
or
exterior
structure,
regarded
as not
complete
or
filled
in; as, the shell of a
house..
Orthoceratite
::
Orthoceratite
(n.) An
orthoceras;
also, any
fossil
shell
allied
to
Orthoceras..
Pustulated
::
Pustulated
(a.)
Covered
with
pustulelike
prominences;
pustular;
pustulous;
as, a
pustulate
leaf; a
pustulate
shell or
coral..
Sea Wing
::
Sea wing () A wing shell
(Avicula).
Lingula
::
Lingula
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
brachiopod
shells
belonging
to the genus
Lingula,
and
related
genera.
See
Brachiopoda,
and
Illustration
in
Appendix..
Haliotis
::
Haliotis
(n.) A genus of
marine
shells;
the
ear-shells.
See
Abalone.
Shell
::
Shell (n.) The
covering,
or
outside
part, of a nut; as, a
hazelnut
shell..
Chelone
::
Chelone
(n.) A genus of hardy
perennial
flowering
plants,
of the order
Scrophulariaceae,
natives
of North
America;
--
called
also
snakehead,
turtlehead,
shellflower,
etc..
Pichiciago
::
Pichiciago
(n.) A
small,
burrowing,
South
American
edentate
(Chlamyphorus
truncatus),
allied
to the
armadillos.
The shell is
attached
only along the
back..
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..
Nummulites
::
Nummulites
(n.) A genus of
extinct
Tertiary
Foraminifera,
having
a thin, flat, round
shell,
containing
a large
number
of small
chambers
arranged
spirally..
Physa
::
Physa (n.) A genus of
fresh-water
Pulmonifera,
having
reversed
spiral
shells.
See Pond
snail,
under
Pond..
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