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shell gland

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology a gland in certain invertebrates that secretes the components required for forming the shell of an egg

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No references found			Gonadosomatic index (GSI), shell gland weight, follicle size, and egg case formation, were assessed for 48 female skates. The reproductive cycle of the thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) in the ... by Sulikowski, James A.; Kneebone, Jeff; Elzey, Scott; Jurek, Joe; Danley, Patrick D.; Howell, W. Hunti / Fishery Bulletin He said the explanation is that an egg forms in the shell gland but for unknown reasons it is not laid. Monster egg is no yolk! by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			shelf bracket shelf fungus shelf ice shelf life shelf mark shelf unit shelf-stacker shelfful shelflike Shelfy Shelikof Strait shell shell (specify) shell bean shell bean plant Shell bit Shell button Shell cameo shell collecting shell company shell corporation shell entity Shell flower shell game shell ginger shell gland Shell gun Shell ibis shell jacket Shell lime Shell marl Shell meat Shell mound Shell of a boiler shell out shell parakeet shell pink shell plating shell program Shell road Shell sand shell shock shell star shell stitch shell suit shell-flower Shell-less shell-like shell-shocked shellac shellac varnish			Shell company shell construction Shell Control Box shell core shell corporation shell corporation Shell corporations Shell corporations Shell Development Company shell disease Shell duck Shell duck Shell Eastern Petroleum, Ltd. Shell Energy Trading Limited shell entity Shell Exploration and Production Co. shell filler Shell fish Shell fish Shell fish Shell flower Shell Fragment Wound Shell fragments Shell fragments Shell fragments shell game Shell Games Shell Gasification Process Shell General Business Principles shell ginger shell gland Shell Global Solutions Shell gun Shell Heavy Oil Fractionator Shell Higher Olefins Process Shell ibis shell ice Shell India Marketing Private Ltd. Shell Information Technology International shell innage Shell integration Shell Intensive Training Programme Shell International Exploration and Production Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited Shell International Trading Company Shell Island Beach Club shell jacket shell jackets Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge shell knocker Shell language shell lease Shell Light-Weight Application Programming Interface Shell lime Shell lime Shell man

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