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coquille

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nounfeminine
  1. shell
  2. dish; scallop
  3. typo, misprint
  4. jockstrap, athletic protector; groin guard, box, cupprotection for the male genitals
  5. vacuum mattressfor spinal immobilization

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  • Heureusement la tempête commençait à se calmer, et cependant la mer était encore violente; la petite barque bondissait sur les vagues comme une coquille de noix.Fortunately the storm began to calm down, but the sea was still violent; the small boat leaped on the waves like a shell of nuts.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • Ils portaient des pendans aux narines et aux oreilles, des brasselets de peaux de serpent aux bras; des coquilles leur servaient de décorations.They wore pendans with nostrils and ears, brasselets of snake skins with their arms; shells served as decorations.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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