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mallo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

mallo is used for these senses in English:

  • cupule Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.
  • shell (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
  • shell (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.

shell — full definition

  1. noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
  2. noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
  3. noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
  4. noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
  5. verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.

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