Eggshell and Shell

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Eggshell noun - The exterior covering of a bird's egg.

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Shell is a synonym for eggshell. In some cases you can use "Shell" instead a noun "Eggshell".

Shell noun - The exterior covering of a bird's egg.

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Eggshell is a synonym for shell. You can use "Eggshell" instead a noun "Shell".

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

Eggshell Clothing: Ulysses the chick would pop out of his shell wearing the top as a hat.

Source: Series / Chicken Minute
The second (based on an incident in Vietnam), "The Kids", he gets a Purple Heart for getting a bit of eggshell in his eye, and putting it in a report as "shell fragment".

Source: Series / M*A*S*H
Contrast Eggshell Clothing (the shell that is supposed to come off does not).

Source: Removable Shell

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