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shell sacs

shell sacs is the plural of shell sac.

Meaning of shell sac

Noun

shell sac (plural shell sacs)

  1. The sac in which the shell of a mollusc is secreted during development; (now especially) the fold of mantle in which a cephalopod secretes its pen or gladius.
    • Baby cephalopods, even octopuses, all have a shell sac, which is comparable to the mantle folds that baby clams and snails use to make their shells.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 115

Questions about shell sacs

What is shell sacs the plural of?
Shell sacs is the plural of shell sac.

Words near shell sacs in the dictionary

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  8. shell script
  9. shell scripts
  10. shell shock
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