seashell

or sea shell

[ see-shel ]

noun
  1. the shell of any marine mollusk.

Origin of seashell

1
before 900; Old English sǣscill (not recorded in Middle English ) see sea, shell

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British Dictionary definitions for seashell

seashell

/ (ˈsiːˌʃɛl) /


noun
  1. the empty shell of a marine mollusc

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