Definition of shell

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Shell (v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling..

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Cultch :: Cultch (n.) Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
Maclurea :: Maclurea (n.) A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks..
Testaceous :: Testaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell..
Shellac :: Shellac (n.) See the Note under 2d Lac.
Umbo :: Umbo (n.) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
Turbinella :: Turbinella (n.) A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.
Galea :: Galea (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell..
Acorn-shell :: Acorn-shell (n.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.
Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) a tortoise-shell cat.
Turbinite :: Turbinite (n.) A petrified shell resembling the genus Turbo.
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc..
Murex :: Murex (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. They abound in tropical seas..
Equivalved :: Equivalved (a.) Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells..
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..
Trivalve :: Trivalve (n.) Anything having three valves, especially a shell..
Lyopomata :: Lyopomata (n. pl.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms..
Triton :: Triton (n.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell..
Concameration :: Concameration (n.) A chamber of a multilocular shell.
Crustaceous :: Crustaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell..
Lamellibranchiata :: Lamellibranchiata (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc..
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