שְׁחֵלֶת

shᵉchêleth. lemma שְׁחֶלֶת second vowel, corrected to שְׁחֵלֶת; apparently from the same as שַׁחַל through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound; a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel.; onycha.