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Italian word

guscio

shell (of egg, nut, snail)

Looks like

gush

to flow out rapidly and abundantly

⚠️ The trap

Guscio = shell of an egg or snail. 'To gush' in Italian is 'sgorgare' or 'zampillare'. No connection between the two.

To say "to flow out rapidly and abundantly" in Italian:

zampillare, sgorgare (for to gush/flow rapidly)

"guscio" in English means:

shell (of egg, nut, snail)

Example

"La lumaca si è ritirata nel suo guscio."

"The snail retreated into its shell."

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