shelly

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//ˈʃɛli//

Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures

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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
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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.
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Abounding with shells.
a shelly beach
the snail, whose tender horns being hit Shrinks backward in his shelly cave.

Etimologia

From shell + -y.

Forme

comparativo: shellier
superlativo: shelliest

Shell · A surname.Shelley · Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.Shells · A surname.

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.

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.