Definitions
Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures
Word origin
From shell + -y.
Used in a sentence
“After all, we live today in an unusual world: sea level is low, the continents are dispersed, ice occupies the poles, and the shelly fauna of the oceans is composed largely of aragonite rather than calcite.”
“the shelly shore”
“Shrined are your offspring in a chrystal cradle, / Brighter than Helen's ere she yet had burst / Her shelly prison.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Like a beach find”6 letters
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