shelly
adjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈʃɛli//
Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures
adjectif
- 1
Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures
After all, we live today in an unusual world: sea level is low, the continents are dispersed, ice occupies the poles, and the shelly fauna of the oceans is composed largely of aragonite rather than calcite.
the shelly shore
- 2
Resembling, or comprising, the shell of a mollusc
Shrined are your offspring in a chrystal cradle, / Brighter than Helen's ere she yet had burst / Her shelly prison.
It is seen commonly in connection with flat-foot, and where the horn of the wall is thin and shelly.
- 3
Abounding with shells.
a shelly beach
the snail, whose tender horns being hit Shrinks backward in his shelly cave.
Étymologie
From shell + -y.
Formes
- comparatif
- shellier
- superlatif
- shelliest
shelly · Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures
Shelly · A surname from Old English, variant of Shelley.shelter · Somewhere one can find protection. A place where a person or…sheltered · Protected, as from wind or weather.