SEASHELLS Synonyms

• used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

• marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

• common edible European bivalve

• common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs

• stir up (water) so as to form ripples

• to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

• any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip

• a variable color averaging a deep pink

• the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry

• unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces

• marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

• of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color

• invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

• ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun

• the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

• hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

• the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts

• the exterior covering of a bird's egg

• a rigid covering that envelops an object

• a very light narrow racing boat

• the housing or outer covering of something

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod

• use explosives on

• create by using explosives

• fall out of the pod or husk

• hit the pitches of hard and regularly

• look for and collect shells by the seashore

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• remove from its shell or outer covering

• remove the husks from