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1Shell (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… …
2Shell Guides — The Shell Guides were initially started as a 20th century series of guidebooks on the counties of Britain. They were aimed at a new breed of car driving metropolitan tourists, for those who sought guides that were neither too serious nor too… …
3shell collecting — ▪ hobby practice of finding and usually identifying the shells of mollusks, a popular avocation, or hobby, in many parts of the world. These shells, because of their bright colours, rich variety of shapes and designs, and abundance along… …
4Shell scrape — A Shell scrape is a type of military earthwork. While similar to a Defensive fighting position in that the purpose is to shield a single soldier from artillery, mortar and direct small arms fire, it is not intended to be used for fighting… …
5World of Ghost in the Shell — The anime and manga series Ghost in the Shell takes place in a cyberpunk version of Earth in the near future. The series focuses on Japan but several other nations figure prominently in some stories. The world of Ghost in the Shell features… …
6ear shell — n. 1. ABALONE 2. the shell of the abalone, shaped somewhat like the human ear * * * ▪ gastropod any of various marine snails of the subclass Prosobranchia (class Gastropoda) that constitute the genus Haliotis and family Haliotidae. The… …
7Oyster shell — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …
8slipper shell — ▪ gastropod (genus Crepidula), any marine snail belonging to the family Calyptraeidae (subclass Prosobranchia, class Gastropoda), in which the humped or flattened shell has a decklike half partition inside. Slipper shells occur worldwide in… …
9cock|le|shell — «KOK uhl SHEHL», noun. 1. a shell or half of the shell of a cockle. 2. a) a small, light, shallow boat; cockleboat; cockle. b) a small rowboat; cockboat: »None but a madman would sail in yon cockleshell with a gale coursing (Mary E. Braddon) …
10band shell — I. noun Etymology: band (I) : any of numerous large marine snails that have thick walled spiral shells with an expanded body whorl, constitute Fasciolaria and related genera, and are common in warm shallow seas called also banded spindle, banded… …
