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shellmound

shellmound noun: a prehistoric midden containing shells of edible mollusks and other detritis.

Noun

shellmound (plural shellmounds)

  1. A prehistoric midden containing shells of edible mollusks and other detritis

Forms of shellmound

pluralshellmounds
alternative formshell mound

Questions about shellmound

What does shellmound mean?
Shellmound means a prehistoric midden containing shells of edible mollusks and other detritis.
What part of speech is shellmound?
Shellmound is a noun.
What is the plural of shellmound?
The plural of shellmound is shellmounds.

Words near shellmound in the dictionary

  1. shellings
  2. shellless
  3. shelllike
  4. Shellman
  5. Shellmans
  6. shellmound
  7. shellmounds
  8. Shello
  9. shellpad
  10. shellproof
  11. SHELLQ

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