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Definition of shell-like - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
shapeRare something resembling or shaped like a shellRare
- She wore a shell-like pendant around her neck.
2.
- He whispered a secret in her shell-like.
Adjective
curved patternRare having shell form, with smooth spiraling curvesRare
- The roof had a shell-like curve that rose in a slow spiral.
Images of shell-like
something resembling or shaped like a shell
Origin of shell-like
English, shell (covering) + like (similar)
Terms with shell-like included in their meaning
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colors
very pale yellowish-white color like a chicken shell
color
light green like an almond's outer shell
shell texture
consisting of shells or having a shell-like texture
animal
marine snail with ear-like tentacles and a small internal shell
marine
sea turtle with a hawk-like beak and valuable shell
fashion
decorative dress trimming gathered like a shell
turtle
tropical sea turtle with a hard shell and hawk-like beak
zoology
protective shell of microorganisms like rotifers
marine and freshwater
small crustaceans with a shrimp-like body in a shell
cephalopod
marine octopus with a delicate shell-like egg case
rainforest shrub
tropical American plant with showy, shell-like flowers
snail-like shell
having a shell like a snail
taxonomic
beetle in the Cassidini tribe with a shell-like body
Examples of shell-like in a sentence
The building's shell-like design was innovative. She tucked her hair behind her shell-like. The cold wind nipped at his shell-like. The artist carved a shell-like pattern into the wooden door. She chose a shell-like lampshade that spiraled around the bulb.
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- French:coquille, en forme de coquille, ...
- German:muschelförmiger Gegenstand, schalenförmig, ...
- Italian:a forma di conchiglia, simile a una conchiglia, ...
- Spanish:similar a una concha, conchal, ...
- Portuguese:semelhante a uma concha, conchóide, ...
- Chinese:贝壳状物, 贝壳状的, ...
- Japanese:貝殻のようなもの, 貝殻のような, ...
- Arabic:شَكْل صَدَفِي, صَدَفِيّ, ...
- Hebrew:צוּרַת קוֹנְכִיָּה, דְּמוּי קוֹנְכִיָּה, ...
- Russian:раковинообразный предмет, раковинообразный, ...
- Ukrainian:щось подібне до мушлі, мушлеподібний, ...
- Hindi:शंख के समान वस्तु, शंखनुमा, ...
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