Meaning

1 senses

  1. A prehistoric accumulation of shells, indicating the former presence of a community of people who ate shellfish.

Origin

From shell + heap.

From shell + heap.

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Forms

plural: shellheaps
Singularshellheap
Pluralshellheaps

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shelfA1shellA2shellfishshelterB1shelve

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