snail shell

collocation in English

meaningsofsnailandshell

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snail
noun[C]
uk
/sneɪl/us
/sneɪl/
a small creature with a soft, wet body and a round shell, that moves very slowly and often eats ...
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shell
noun
uk
/ʃel/us
/ʃel/
the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and ...
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The vivid contrast of the red and white details on the head have been made from crab shell andsnailshellrespectively.
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This secondary larvae will overwinter in thesnailshell.
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The whorls of asnailshellusually overlap one another, forming a spire.
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The word malwiya translates as twisted orsnailshell.
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The aperture of asnailshellcan have many other forms: semicircular, trilobate or auriculate.
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Upon reaching its maximum size (about 20 mm) the larva chooses asnailshellin which to pupates.
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The tip of the hermit crab's abdomen is adapted to clasp strongly onto the columella of thesnailshell.
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Thesnailshellis 1.5 mm high and.9 mm wide.
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The mid-level boss is a robotic woman jutting out of asnailshell.
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The wide flat end of the clausilium can close the aperture of thesnailshell, and thus protect the soft parts against predation by animals such as carnivorous beetle larvae.
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There are five traditional patterns including an eight-point star, asnailshell, a rams head, an elephants footprint and a heart, which, when combined create a beautiful display.
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The algal contaminations were probably from the snail shells and the method of material isolation did not eliminate this impurity.
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Food is indeed perishable, but residues survive for long periods in the form of seeds, cereal husks, snail shells and crustacean fragments.
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Parasite development was observed twice daily through translucent snail shells under the dissecting microscope.
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From the fifth day onwards, the nestling diet includes aphids and a high amount of snail shells, the latter being needed for bone growth.
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Endocasts are also known from snail shells and even from the stomach hollow of jellyfish, a group that rarely leave fossil traces.
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This group includes "lumachella" or fire marble, a similarly iridescent marble composed of fossilized clam and snail shells.
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It is believed to have fed on invertebrates, and snail shells have been found with damage matching an attack by its beak.
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