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Princeton's WordNet

  1. seashellnoun

    the shell of a marine organism

Wiktionary

  1. seashellnoun

    the empty shell of a marine mollusk

  2. seashelladjective

    Of a very light pink colour, like that of some seashell.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Seashellnoun

    Shells found on the shore.

    Etymology: sea and shell.

    Seashells are great improvers of sour or cold land. John Mortimer.

Wikipedia

  1. Seashell

    A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer usually created by an animal or organism that lives in the sea. The shell is part of the body of the animal. Empty seashells are often found washed up on beaches by beachcombers. The shells are empty because the animal has died and the soft parts have decomposed or been eaten by another animal. A seashell is usually the exoskeleton of an invertebrate (an animal without a backbone), and is typically composed of calcium carbonate or chitin. Most shells that are found on beaches are the shells of marine mollusks, partly because these shells are usually made of calcium carbonate, and endure better than shells made of chitin. Apart from mollusk shells, other shells that can be found on beaches are those of barnacles, horseshoe crabs and brachiopods. Marine annelid worms in the family Serpulidae create shells which are tubes made of calcium carbonate cemented onto other surfaces. The shells of sea urchins are called "tests", and the moulted shells of crabs and lobsters are exuviae. While most seashells are external, some cephalopods have internal shells. Seashells have been used by humans for many different purposes throughout history and prehistory. However, seashells are not the only kind of shells; in various habitats, there are shells from freshwater animals such as freshwater mussels and freshwater snails, and shells of land snails.

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  1. seashell

    A seashell is a hard, protective outer layer created by a sea creature, particularly marine mollusks such as snails, clams and oysters. They are often composed of calcium carbonate or chitin. Seashells can vary greatly in shape, size, and color, and are often found washed up on beaches after the animal that lived inside has died. They are commonly collected for their aesthetic appeal and studied for scientific purposes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seashellnoun

    the shell of any marine mollusk

Wikidata

  1. Seashell

    A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer created by an animal that lives in the sea. The shell is part of the body of the animal. Empty seashells are often found washed up on beaches by beachcombers. The shells are empty because the animal has died and the soft parts have been eaten by another animal or have rotted out. The term seashell usually refers to the exoskeleton of an invertebrate. Most shells that are found on beaches are the shells of marine mollusks, partly because many of these shells endure better than other seashells. Apart from mollusk shells, other shells that can be found on beaches are those of barnacles, horseshoe crabs and brachiopods. Marine annelid worms in the family Serpulidae create shells which are tubes made of calcium carbonate that are cemented onto other surfaces. The shells of sea urchins are called tests, and the moulted shells of crabs and lobsters are called exuviae. While most seashells are external, some cephalopods have internal shells. Seashells have been used by humans for many different purposes throughout history and pre-history. However, seashells are not the only kind of shells; in various habitats it is possible to find shells from freshwater animals such as freshwater mussels and freshwater snails, and it is also possible to find the shells of land snails.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seashell in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seashell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of seashell in a Sentence

  1. Steven Wright:

    I have the worlds largest seashell collection. You may have seen it, I keep it spread out on beaches all over the world.

  2. Mike Castellano:

    You reach down to pick up what you expect to be a seashell and pull up a little plastic pod with some aluminum and some oil on it.

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