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nutshell /ˈnʌtʃɛl /noun1The hard woody covering around the kernel of a nut.Similarly, hickory, walnut, and acorn nutshells have been recovered from Late Paleoindian and Early Archaic contexts at the Hester site, Smith's Ferry, Pickens County, and Rodgers Shelter....- Notably, however, the remains present are fruit stones and nutshells, items that would have been discarded during the final preparation of a meal or at the time of consumption.
- Fruits and vegetables were available at the time according to the discovery on the same site of fruit stones, nutshells and more stools containing leeks and other vegetable matter.
2 (nut shell) Any of a number of bivalve molluscs occurring chiefly in cool seas, in particular:- A small oval-shelled bivalve (genus Nuculana, family Nuculanidae). A bivalve with a rectangular shell which is rounded at the front and angled behind (genus Nucula, family Nuculidae)..
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