coquillage
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coquillage m (plural coquillages)
Usage notes edit
This refers to the shell of sea animals such as mollusks and bivalves, not to land animals. The shell of a turtle is referred to as a carapace, and the shell of a snail is referred to as a coquille.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “coquillage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.