After all, we live today in an unusual world: sea level is low, the continents are dispersed, ice occupies the poles, and the shelly fauna of the oceans is composed largely of aragonite rather than calcite.
Source: wiktionary
Shelly
//ˈʃɛli//
Synonyms for "shelly" (2 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (1)
Related words (1)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
derived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesSample sentences
6 total sentences available.
the shelly shore
Source: wiktionary
Shrined are your offspring in a chrystal cradle, / Brighter than Helen's ere she yet had burst / Her shelly prison.
Source: wiktionary
It is seen commonly in connection with flat-foot, and where the horn of the wall is thin and shelly.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 6 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.