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The device that sea creatures use to communicate long distances.
shell (n.) Look up shell at Dictionary.com
O.E. sciell, scill, Anglian scell "seashell, eggshell," related to O.E. scealu "shell, husk," from P.Gmc. *skaljo "divide, separate" (cf. W.Fris. skyl "peel, rind," M.L.G. schelle "pod, rind, egg shell," Goth. skalja "tile"), with the notion of "covering that splits off," from PIE base *(s)kel- "to cut, cleave" (cf. O.C.S. skolika "shell," Rus. skala "bark").
phone (n.) Look up phone at Dictionary.com
1884, shortening of telephone. The verb is attested from 1889, from the noun. Phone book first recorded 1925; phone booth 1927.
shell (n.) Look up shell at Dictionary.com
O.E. sciell, scill, Anglian scell "seashell, eggshell," related to O.E. scealu "shell, husk," from P.Gmc. *skaljo "divide, separate" (cf. W.Fris. skyl "peel, rind," M.L.G. schelle "pod, rind, egg shell," Goth. skalja "tile"), with the notion of "covering that splits off," from PIE base *(s)kel- "to cut, cleave" (cf. O.C.S. skolika "shell," Rus. skala "bark").
phone (n.) Look up phone at Dictionary.com
1884, shortening of telephone. The verb is attested from 1889, from the noun. Phone book first recorded 1925; phone booth 1927.
Crab: "I wish I could talk to Dolphin but he's visiting the Atlantic Ocean."
Fish: "Here just call him on my shellphone!"
Crab: "Thanks!"
Fish: "Here just call him on my shellphone!"
Crab: "Thanks!"
by Scrat2o2 November 15, 2011