Shard
noun
1.
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
2.
Zoology.
a scale.
a shell, as of an egg or snail.
3.
Entomology. an elytron of a beetle.
noun
1.
a broken piece or fragment of a brittle substance, esp of pottery
2.
(zoology) a tough sheath, scale, or shell, esp the elytra of a beetle
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