shell

/ʃel/ n [C/U] (COVERING)

Definition

› the hard outer covering of nuts, eggs, a few vegetables, and some animals: [C] Turtles, snails, and crabs all have shells to protect them.

(Definition of shell n (COVERING) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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