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Eggshell

Eggshell
1. The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.
2. (Science: zoology) a smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus ovulum, resembling an egg in form.
The exterior covering of a birds egg.


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