shell

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substantive

shell of an egg: V. ὄστρακον, τό (Aesch., Fragment), Ar. λεπίς, ἡ.

a white egg-shell: V. τεῦχος νεοσσῶν λευκόν (Eur., Helen 258).

having just come out of the shell: V. ἄρτι γυμνὸς ὀστράκων (Aesch., Fragment).

of a tortoise: Ar. δέρμα, τό.

of a fish: P. and V. ὄστρειον, τό.

husk: Ar. and P. λέμμα, τό; see husk.

shell trumpet: V. κόχλος, ὁ.

Met., cover, case: Ar. and P. ἔλυτρον, τό (Plato), P. and V. κύτος, τό.

shell fish: P. and V. ὄστρειον, τό (Aesch., Fragment), Ar. and P. κόγχη, ἡ (Xen.), V. μῦς, ὁ (Aesch., Fragment), κόγχος, ὁ (Aesch., Fragment).