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shell-like

adj

Etymology

From shell + -like.

  1. derived from *(s)kelH-✻ — “to split, cleave”
  2. inherited from *skaljō✻
  3. inherited from *skallju✻
  4. inherited from sċiell
  5. inherited from schelle
  6. suffixed as shell-like — “shell + like”

Definitions

  1. Having a similar shape to a seashell.

  2. Of the external ear, resembling the graceful convolutions of a seashell.

  3. The ear.

    • Can I have a quick word in your shell-like, when you've got a moment?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shell-like. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA