SHARD


Meaning of SHARD in English

/shahrd/ , n.

1. a fragment, esp. of broken earthenware.

2. Zool.

a. a scale.

b. a shell, as of an egg or snail.

3. Entomol. an elytron of a beetle.

Also, sherd .

[ bef. 1000; ME; OE sceard; c. LG, D schaard; akin to SHEAR ]

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