Shell-fish

  • 31shell — [OE] Shell goes back ultimately to the Germanic base *skal ‘divide, separate’, which also produced English scale, scalp, school (of fish), shale, shelter, shield, shoal (of fish), skill, and skol. Its underlying meaning is hence a ‘covering that… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 32shell — [OE] Shell goes back ultimately to the Germanic base *skal ‘divide, separate’, which also produced English scale, scalp, school (of fish), shale, shelter, shield, shoal (of fish), skill, and skol. Its underlying meaning is hence a ‘covering that… …

    Word origins

  • 33Fish ladder — Ladder Lad der (l[a^]d d[ e]r), n. [OE. laddre, AS. hl[=ae]der, hl[=ae]dder; akin to OFries. hladder, OHG. leitara, G. leiter, and from the root of E. lean, v. [root]40. See {Lean}, v. i., and cf. {Climax}.] 1. A frame usually portable, of wood,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 34Shell Grotto — The Shell Grotto is an ornate subterranean passageway in Margate, Kent. Almost all the surface area of the walls and roof is covered in mosaics created entirely of seashells, totalling about 2,000 square feet (190 m2) of mosaic, or 4.6… …

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  • 35Shell Grotto, Margate — The Shell Grotto off Grotto Hill, Margate, consists of a winding subterranean passageway, about convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on high and convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on in length, terminating in a rectangular room (the altar chamber) approximately… …

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  • 36Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge — Infobox Protected area name = Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge iucn category = IV caption = Map of the United States base width = locator x = 166 locator y = 150 location = Iberia Parish, Louisiana nearest city = New Iberia, Louisiana coords …

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  • 37Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge — Infobox protected area | name = Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge iucn category = IV caption = locator x = 116 locator y = 28 location = North Dakota, USA nearest city = Stanley, ND lat degrees = 48 lat minutes = 11 lat seconds = 09 lat… …

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  • 38FISH — abbr. FIle transfer with a SHell Syn: FiSH …

    United dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms

  • 39FiSH — abbr. FIle transfer with a SHell Syn: FISH …

    United dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms

  • 40Friendly interactive shell — infobox software name = fish caption = The friendly interactive shell author = Axel Liljencrantz developer = Axel Liljencrantz released = latest release version = 1.23.0 latest release date = 13 January 2008 operating system = Unix like genre =… …

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