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| - | [[Image:The Seashell 1912) - Odilon Redon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Shell|The Seashell]]'' ([[1912]]) by [[Odilon Redon]]]] | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| - | # A [[hard]] [[outside]] [[cover]]ing, as of a [[fruit]] or an [[animal]]: | + | The goddess of love, [[Venus]] or [[Aphrodite]] is often traditionally depicted rising from the sea on a seashell. In ''[[the Birth of Venus (Botticelli)]]'', [[Botticelli]] depicted the goddess [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]] rising from the ocean on a [[scallop]] shell. |
| - | #* The covering, or outside part, of a [[nut]]; as, a [[hazelnut]] shell. | + | |} |
| - | #* A [[pod]]. | + | [[Image:Five Shells on a Slab of Stone by Adriaen Coorte.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Five Shells on a Slab of Stone]]'' (1696) by [[Adriaen Coorte]]]] |
| - | #* The hard covering of an [[egg]]. | + | [[Image:The Seashell 1912) - Odilon Redon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[La coquille (The Shell, Odilon Redon)|The Shell]]'' ([[1912]]) by [[Odilon Redon]]]] |
| - | #* The hard [[calcareous]] or [[chitinous]] external covering of [[mollusk]]s, [[crustacean]]s, and some other [[invertebrate]]s. In some mollusks, as the [[cuttlefish]]es, it is internal, or concealed by the [[mantle]]. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the [[armadillo]], the [[tortoise]], and the like. | + | {{Template}} |
| - | #* The [[husk]]s of [[cacao]] [[seed]]s, a [[decoction]] of which is often used as a substitute for [[chocolate]], [[cocoa]], etc. | + | '''Shell''' may refer to: |
| - | # Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering. | + | |
| - | # (''plural:'' '''shell''') An [[artillery]] projectile or charge case: | + | * [[Seashell]], a hard outer layer of a marine animal, found on beaches |
| - | #* A [[hollow]] [[projectile]], of various shapes, adapted for a [[mortar]] or a [[cannon]], and containing an [[explosive]] [[substance]], [[ignite]]d with a [[fuze]] or by [[percussion]], by means of which the projectile is [[burst]] and its [[fragment]]s [[scatter]]ed. See [[Bomb]]. | + | * [[Exoskeleton]], an external covering of some animals |
| - | #* The [[case]] which holds the [[powder]], or [[charge]] of powder and [[shot]], used with [[breechloading]] [[small arms]]. | + | ** [[Mollusc shell]] |
| - | # Any slight hollow structure; a [[framework]], or [[exterior]] structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house. | + | ** [[Gastropod shell]] |
| - | # (''garment'') A [[top]], usually worn by women, with short or no sleeves that fastens, if it does, in the rear. | + | ** [[Turtle shell]] |
| - | # A [[coarse]] kind of [[coffin]]; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more [[substantial]] one. | + | * [[Eggshell]] |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Ghost in the Shell ]] | ||
| + | *[[Royal Dutch Shell ]] | ||
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The goddess of love, Venus or Aphrodite is often traditionally depicted rising from the sea on a seashell. In the Birth of Venus (Botticelli), Botticelli depicted the goddess Venus rising from the ocean on a scallop shell. |
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Shell may refer to:
- Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine animal, found on beaches
- Exoskeleton, an external covering of some animals
- Eggshell
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