Usually means: Resembling the form of shells.
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  1. shell-like: Merriam-Webster
  2. shell-like: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shell-like, shell-like: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shell-like: Wordnik
  5. shell-like: Wiktionary
  6. shell-like: Dictionary.com
  7. shell-like: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (shell-like)

adjective:  Having a similar shape to a seashell.
adjective:  (literary, dated) Of the external ear, resembling the graceful convolutions of a seashell.
noun:  (slang, British, Australia, especially in set phrases) The ear.

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