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| calabash |
any of various hard-shelled gourds, or the vine that bears such a gourd. [1/2 definitions] |
| chela |
a pincerlike claw of a hard-shelled animal such as a lobster or scorpion. |
| egg1 |
the thin-shelled ovum of a bird or reptile, often used for food by humans and animals. [1/4 definitions] |
| filbert |
the round, smooth-shelled nut of certain cultivated European hazel trees; hazelnut. [1/2 definitions] |
| horseshoe crab |
any of various hard-shelled sea crabs, having a united head and body of horseshoe shape and a long, stiff, pointed tail. |
| macadamia |
a round, hard-shelled, edible nut, cultivated in Hawaii; macadamia nut. [1/2 definitions] |
| millipede |
a land-dwelling arthropod that has a hard-shelled, wormlike body in many segments that each have two pairs of legs. |
| murex |
any of various spiny-shelled marine snails of tropical waters, formerly an important source of royal purple dye. |
| pismo clam |
an edible, heavy-shelled marine clam found on sandy beaches along the coasts of southern California and Mexico. |
| scarab |
any of various large, hard-shelled beetles. [1/2 definitions] |
| shagbark hickory |
a North American hickory tree that has rough shaggy bark and bears small hard-shelled edible nuts. |
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