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porcelain shell

porcelain shell noun: a cowrie.

Noun

porcelain shell (plural porcelain shells)

  1. A cowrie.
    • It was equally the entry point for rare commodities – oriental spices, gold and ‘porcelain’ shells.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 199

porcelain shell meaning in Tamil

porcelain shell in Tamil

சோழி

Forms of porcelain shell

pluralporcelain shells

Questions about porcelain shell

What does porcelain shell mean?
Porcelain shell means a cowrie.
What is porcelain shell in Tamil?
Porcelain shell in Tamil is சோழி. See Porcelain shell meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is porcelain shell?
Porcelain shell is a noun.
What is the plural of porcelain shell?
The plural of porcelain shell is porcelain shells.

Words near porcelain shell in the dictionary

  1. porcelain dolls
  2. porcelain god
  3. porcelain goddess
  4. porcelain goddesses
  5. porcelain gods
  6. porcelain shell
  7. porcelain shells
  8. porcelain skin
  9. porcelain skins
  10. porcelain throne
  11. porcelainberry

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