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shel(le
n.
Additional spellings:
shelle
105 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) In general, the protective calcareous or chitinous outer covering of an invertebrate, a shell; (b) the shell of a mollusk, crustacean, or an echinoderm; also
fig.
; also in proverb; (c)
shel fish
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