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The Seashell (1912) by Odilon Redon
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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.
  1. A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal:
  2. Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
  3. (plural: shell) An artillery projectile or charge case:
  4. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
  5. (garment) A top, usually worn by women, with short or no sleeves that fastens, if it does, in the rear.
  6. A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.




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