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...

Discoid :: Discoid (n.) Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell..

Labrum :: Labrum (n.) The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.

Melon :: Melon (n.) A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo..

Seawant :: Seawant (n.) The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.

Pallial :: Pallial (a.) Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve..

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..

Septal :: Septal (a.) Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell..

Shell :: Shell (n.) A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal..

Goroon Shell :: Goroon shell () A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale)..

Wreath-shell :: Wreath-shell (n.) A marine shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo.

Egg :: Egg (n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the white or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane..

Seashell :: Seashell (n.) The shell of any marine mollusk.

Conch :: Conch (n.) In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet..

Trigonia :: Trigonia (n.) A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia..

Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery..

Chelonia :: Chelonia (n. pl.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix..

Ostracoidea :: Ostracoidea (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about..

Squarroso-dentate :: Squarrose (a.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell..

Gougeshell :: Gougeshell (n.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus..

Valve :: Valve (n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.

Random Fonts

Most Popular