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- noun Plural form of
acorn-shell .
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The sessile barnacles (_Balanidae_ of Darwin) or "acorn-shells" are found in myriads, encrusting the rocks between tide-marks on all coasts.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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