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Anatomy

cochlea

adductor muscle (of a bivalve)

Rostroconchia (class of extinct molluscs)

Fowler's snake eel (Ophichthus erabo)

grayish-blue (color)

Biology

closed shell

Physics; Chemistry

closed shell

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted

body from which the soul has left; corpse

Orig. meaning

shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

Idiomatic expression

to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself

Geology

diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)

upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes

shellfish allergy

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Ghost in the Shell (film)

cottony cushion scale (species of scale insect, Icerya purchasi)

continental crust

ostracism

clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)

Idiomatic expression

to withdraw into oneself; to shut oneself away; to seclude oneself

Food, cooking

onigara yaki; prawn or lobster split lengthwise and grilled

conchoidal fracture

Japanese wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius); wine raspberry; wineberry

titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens); giant triggerfish; moustache triggerfish

blackbelly triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)

conchoidal fracture

Geology

isostasy

Rare term

hard-shelled nut (e.g. walnut, pecan, almond)