nonshell

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ shell.

Adjective

nonshell (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to shells.
    • 2002, Peter N. Peregrine, Melvin Ember, Encyclopedia of prehistory, Volume 3:
      In both middens, the shell layers were underlaid and overlaid by nonshell cultural deposits.
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