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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 (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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Carinaria
::
Carinaria
(n.) A genus of
oceanic
heteropod
Mollusca,
having
a thin,
glassy,
bonnet-shaped
shell,
which
covers
only the
nucleus
and
gills..
Haliotis
::
Haliotis
(n.) A genus of
marine
shells;
the
ear-shells.
See
Abalone.
Scallop
::
Scallop
(n.) One of
series
of
segments
of
circles
joined
at their
extremities,
forming
a
border
like the edge or
surface
of a
scallop
shell..
Maclurea
::
Maclurea
(n.) A genus of
spiral
gastropod
shells,
often of large size,
characteristic
of the lower
Silurian
rocks..
Lithodomus
::
Lithodomus
(n.) A genus of
elongated
bivalve
shells,
allied
to the
mussels,
and
remarkable
for their
ability
to bore holes for
shelter,
in solid
limestone,
shells,
etc.
Called
also
Lithophagus..
Shelled
::
Shelled
(imp. & p. p.) of Shel.
Trivalve
::
Trivalve
(n.)
Anything
having
three
valves,
especially
a
shell..
Shell
::
Shell (n.) A hard
outside
covering,
as of a fruit or an
animal..
Scutibranchiate
::
Scutibranchiate
(a.)
Having
the gills
protected
by a
shieldlike
shell;
of or
pertaining
to the
Scutibranchiata.
Pteroceras
::
Pteroceras
(n.) A genus of large
marine
gastropods
having
the outer
border
of the lip
divided
into
lobes;
--
called
also
scorpion
shell.
Gastropoda
::
Gastropoda
(n. pl.) One of the
classes
of
Mollusca,
of great
extent.
It
includes
most of the
marine
spiral
shells,
and the land and
fresh-water
snails.
They
generally
creep by means of a flat,
muscular
disk, or foot, on the
ventral
side of the body. The head
usually
bears one or two pairs of
tentacles.
See
Mollusca..
Labium
::
Labium
(n.) Inner
margin
of the
aperture
of a
shell.
Crag
::
Crag (n.) A
partially
compacted
bed of
gravel
mixed with
shells,
of the
Tertiary
age..
Hickory
::
Hickory
(n.) An
American
tree of the genus
Carya,
of which there are
several
species.
The
shagbark
is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it
affords
the
hickory
nut of the
markets.
The
pignut,
or brown
hickory,
is the C.
glabra.
The swamp
hickory
is C.
amara,
having
a nut whose shell is very thin and the
kernel
bitter..
Terebratula
::
Terebratula
(n.) A genus of
brachiopods
which
includes
many
living
and some
fossil
species.
The
larger
valve has a
perforated
beak,
through
which
projects
a short
peduncle
for
attachment.
Called
also lamp
shell..
Mussel
::
Mussel
(n.) Any one of many
species
of
marine
bivalve
shells
of the genus
Mytilus,
and
related
genera,
of the
family
Mytidae.
The
common
mussel
(Mytilus
edulis;
see
Illust.
under
Byssus),
and the
larger,
or
horse,
mussel
(Modiola
modiolus),
inhabiting
the
shores
both of
Europe
and
America,
are
edible.
The
former
is
extensively
used as food in
Europe..
Striatum
::
Striation
(n.) A
stria;
as, the
striations
on a
shell..
Solarium
::
Solarium
(n.) Any one of
several
species
of
handsome
marine
spiral
shells
of the genus
Solarium
and
allied
genera.
The shell is
conical,
and
usually
has a
large,
deep
umbilicus
exposing
the upper
whorls.
Called
also
perspective
shell..
Tubivalve
::
Tubivalve
(n.) A shell or tube
formed
by an
annelid,
as a
serpula..
Saxicava
::
Saxicava
(n.) Any
species
of
marine
bivalve
shells
of the genus
Saxicava.
Some of the
species
are noted for their power of
boring
holes in
limestone
and
similar
rocks.
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