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porcelain shells

porcelain shells is the plural of porcelain shell.

Meaning of porcelain shell

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

Questions about porcelain shells

What is porcelain shells the plural of?
Porcelain shells is the plural of porcelain shell.

Words near porcelain shells in the dictionary

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

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