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  • 1shell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 on eggs/nuts/some animals ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, hard, outer, protective, thick ▪ She had built up a protective shell around herself. (figurative) ▪ …

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  • 2Shell Rotella T — is a line of heavy duty engine lubrication products produced by Shell Oil Company. The line includes engine oils, gear oils and coolants. The oil carries both the American Petroleum Institute (API) diesel C rating as well as the API gasoline… …

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  • 3shell — less, adj. shell like, adj. /shel/, n. 1. a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk. 2. any of various objects resembling such a covering, as in shape or in being more or… …

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  • 4Heavy equipment (construction) — Heavy machinery redirects here. For the album by Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson and Allan Holdsworth, see Heavy Machinery (album). Heavy equipment vehicles of various types parking near a highway construction site …

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  • 5Shell (projectile) — This article is about the artillery projectile. For the small arms ammunition, see Shotgun shell. Some sectioned shells from the First World War. From left to right: 90 mm fragmentation shell, 120 mm pig iron incendiary shell, 77/14 model 75 mm… …

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  • 6Shell Turbo Chargers — Infobox PBA team color1=yellow color2=green name=Shell Turbo Chargers founded=1985| history=Shell Azodrin Bugbusters (1985 1986) Shell Azocord (1986) Shell Oilers(1987) Shell Rimula X(1990 1993; 1994 1995) Shell Helix (1993) Formula Shell Super… …

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  • 7Shell dwellers — The terms shell dwellers or shelldwellers, shell breeding, or ostracophil are descriptive terms for cichlid fish that use the empty shells of aquatic snails as sites for breeding and shelter. The terms have no taxonomic basis, although most shell …

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  • 8Heavy cruiser — The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range, high speed and an armament of naval guns roughly 8in in calibre. The heavy cruiser can be seen as a lineage of ship design from 1915 until 1945, although the term… …

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  • 9ark shell — noun marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat like inner surface • Hypernyms: ↑bivalve, ↑pelecypod, ↑lamellibranch • Member Holonyms: ↑Arca, ↑genus Arca * * * noun Etymology: so called …

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  • 10helmet shell — 1. a predatory marine gastropod of the family Cassidae, characterized by a thick, heavy shell with a broadened outer lip. 2. the shell of this animal, often used for making cameos. [1745 55] * * * ▪ gastropod family  any marine snail of the… …

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