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shellies

shellies is the plural of shellie.

Meaning of shellie

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

Phrases with shellies

Questions about shellies

What is shellies the plural of?
Shellies is the plural of shellie.

Words near shellies in the dictionary

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

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