shell-like

adjective

1. resembling the empty shell of a mollusc

noun

1. slang.
   an ear (esp in the phrase a word in your shell-like )

Example Sentences

The hired man put away the dishes, and went into his shell-like bedroom, a thin addition built against the house.

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The latter is filled with a liquid which conveys the vibrations to a part having a coiled shell-like structure called the Cochlea.

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Beetles have hard wing covers—see these little shell-like casings?

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The eggs are laid in shell-like cases, and cemented together in plate-like masses or in spirals, and attached to shells or stones.

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The body is enveloped in a fold of skin, to which are attached five shell-like plates.

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