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shellie

shellie noun: a small or miniature shell.

Noun

shellie (plural shellies)

  1. (informal) A small or miniature shell.
    • As you would expect, the first shelled organisms acquired a shell in small steps, forming tiny (less than 1 mm) hard parts nicknamed "little shellies" or "small shellies."2023, Kate LoMedico Marriott, Alexander Bartholomew, Donald R. Prothero, Evolution of the Ammonoids, page 60

Forms of shellie

pluralshellies

Origin of shellie

From shell + -ie (diminutive suffix).

Questions about shellie

What does shellie mean?
Shellie means a small or miniature shell.
What part of speech is shellie?
Shellie is a noun.
What is the plural of shellie?
The plural of shellie is shellies.

Words near shellie in the dictionary

  1. shellful
  2. shellfuls
  3. Shellharbour
  4. shellheap
  5. shellheaps
  6. shellie
  7. shellier
  8. shellies
  9. shelliest
  10. shellika
  11. shellika pooka

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