Usually means: Protective, armored shell of mollusk.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word coat-of-mail shell:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. coat-of-mail shell: Merriam-Webster
  2. coat-of-mail shell, coat-of-mail shell: Collins English Dictionary
  3. coat-of-mail shell: Vocabulary.com
  4. coat-of-mail shell: Dictionary.com
  5. coat-of-mail shell: Rhymezone
  6. coat-of-mail shell: FreeDictionary.org
  7. coat-of-mail shell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. coat-of-mail shell: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coat-of-mail shell: Encyclopedia

(Note: See coat-of-mail_shells as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (coat-of-mail shell)

noun:  primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates


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