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noun the shell of a marine organism
originEtymology tree English sea Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *skolH-yeh₂ Proto-Germanic *skaljō Proto-West Germanic *skallju Old English sċiell Middle English schelle English shell English seashell From sea + shell.
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