seashell

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seashell

  • /ˈsiˌʃɛl/ US

noun seashells · sea shell

  1. The empty shell of a marine mollusk. Look closely at the pretty seashell print on these blouses. They’re actually formulated from mathematical equations!
  2. The animal living inside a seashell. The seashells on the beach are toxic and best avoided.
  3. A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.

adjective sea shell

  1. Of a very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.

verb seashells · seashelling · seashelled · sea shell

  1. transitive To collect seashells.

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noun shell

Españolconcha, caracola
한국어조개 jogae
日本語貝殻 kaigara
中文貝殼 /贝壳 bèiké, 海貝 /海贝 hǎibèi
हिन्दीकौड़ी kauṛī
Portuguêsconcha
Françaiscoquille
DeutschMuschelschale, Muschel
Italianoconchiglia
Ελληνικάόστρακο óstrako
Românăscoică
Русскийра́ковина rákovina, раку́шка rakúška, ра́кушка rákuška
Tiếng Việtvỏ sò
العربيةصَدَفَة ṣadafa, صَدَفَة بَحْرِيَّة ṣadafa baḥriyya, مَحَارَة maḥāra
עבריתצֶדֶף tzédef, קוֹנְכִיָּה qonchiá

noun colour

Españolperlado

adj colour

Españolconcha de nácar

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@misc{seashell_2026,
  title = {seashell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seashell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}