noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
shell
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Because of their symbolic potency cowrie shells were often copied in precious metals.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because of their symbolic potency cowrie shells were often copied in precious metals.
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Clenched teeth of cowrie shells draped from her noble neck.
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The cowrie concentrates its secretion along the sides of the mantle, forming a shell like a loosely clenched fist.