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carrier shells

carrier shells is the plural of carrier shell.

Meaning of carrier shell

Noun

carrier shell (plural carrier shells)

  1. Any marine snail of the family Xenophoridae, which cements stones and shell fragments to its own shell.
    Synonyms:
    mason shell

Questions about carrier shells

What is carrier shells the plural of?
Carrier shells is the plural of carrier shell.

Words near carrier shells in the dictionary

  1. carrier proteins
  2. carrier screening
  3. carrier set
  4. carrier sets
  5. carrier shell
  6. carrier shells
  7. carrier wave
  8. carrier waves
  9. carrier-pigeon
  10. carrier-pigeons
  11. carrierbag

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