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shelly

adjetivocorrente nos diálogos

  • //ˈʃɛli//

Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures

adjetivo

  1. 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. 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. 3

    Abounding with shells.

    a shelly beach

    the snail, whose tender horns being hit Shrinks backward in his shelly cave.

Etimologia

From shell + -y.

Formas

comparativo
shellier
superlativo
shelliest
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Conteúdo lexical proveniente do Wiktionary, sob licença CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrada de origem · Versão dos dados 2026-08-23

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