Shell

"Shell" in mi

anga

(hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates)

anga

(entomology: exoskeleton of certain insects)

anga

(covering of a nut)

kota

(hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates)

matā

(hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a mortar or a cannon)

pāpapa

(hard covering of an egg)

kōhā

(to remove the outer covering or shell of something)

kōwhiti (of shellfish)

(to remove the outer covering or shell of something)

kōwhā

(to remove the outer covering or shell of something)

miri

(to remove the outer covering or shell of something)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.