shell in Malay
kulit
UK/ʃɛl/
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Australia/ʃel/
shell in Malay: kulit, cangkerang, cengkerang, sisik. In English, shell means the calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
Malay words for shell
- hard covering of an egg
- kulit, cangkerang, cengkerang
- hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates
- cangkerang, cengkerang, kulit
- entomology: exoskeleton of certain insects
- kulit
- conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle
- sisik, cengkerang
- covering of a nut
- batok, tempurung, kulit
- chemistry: set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number
- petala
English meaning of shell
- noun The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- noun Any mollusk having such a covering.
- noun The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
- noun The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
shell in a sentence
- In some mollusks, as the cuttlefish, the shell is concealed by the animal's outer mantle and is considered internal.
- Genuine mother-of-pearl buttons are made from sea shells.
- The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
Synonyms of shell
shell in other languages
- shell in Hindi
- shell in Tamil
- shell in Marathi
- shell in Urdu
- shell in Bengali
- shell in Telugu
- shell in Malayalam
- shell in Kannada
- shell in Gujarati
- shell in Odia
- shell in Sanskrit
- shell in Assamese
- shell in Pashto
- shell in Tagalog
- shell in Arabic
- shell in Indonesian
- shell in Persian
- shell in Thai
- shell in Vietnamese
- shell in Myanmar
Questions about shell in Malay
- What is the meaning of shell in Malay?
- Shell in Malay is kulit, cangkerang, cengkerang, sisik.
- Apakah maksud shell dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Shell: kulit, cangkerang, cengkerang, sisik.
- What does shell mean in English?
- Shell means the calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
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