Hair and Shell

Hair

Hair noun - A very small distance or degree.

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Shell and hair are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shell" instead a noun "Hair".

Nearby Words: hairy, hairline, haircut, hairless, haired

Shell noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

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Hair and shell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hair" instead a noun "Shell".

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

human	human hair	human shell
thick	thick hair	thick shell
similar	similar hair	similar shell
silver	silver hair	silver shell
Other adjectives: green, single, big, new, yellow, different, golden, spiked, pink, purple, spiky.

Liverpudlians are vilified as loud, abrasive, work-shy, and chavvy (not helped by the accent), with a passion for permed-hair and shell-suits.

Source: National Stereotypes / Western Europe
Bowser in the PC version has brown hair instead of orange (which was his default color before later games were able to show him as a redhead) and his tail is somehow a part of the shell rather than his body, which also shows that his actual body has no tail after Luigi yanks the shell off.

Source: Video Game / Mario Is Missing!
Mass Effect 3: If Sheppard speaks to EDI about the materials used to construct her humanoid form, EDI will discuss her hair and how it can be either solidified into a shell to maximize its defensive properties or separated into individual synthetic strands to facilitate infiltration.

Source: Stubborn Hair

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