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The biggest turtle eggs today are just a few inches long, with papery thin shells.
A fossilized egg laid by an extinct, human-sized turtle holds a rare jackpot|Monroe Hammond|August 18, 2021|Popular-Science
An inspector in 2016 flagged a package coming into the San Francisco airport holding a papery insect nest but not mentioning insects on the label.
Focusing on Asian giant hornets distorts the view of invasive species|Susan Milius|July 1, 2021|Science News
What he calls a “papery palace of stories” sustains identity and ties Mufti to place.
“Now we wonder why this has all gone so wrong.”|Frederick Deknatel|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Powell's is the largest bookstore in the world, an endless, multi-storey universe of papery smells and towering shelves.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

The fronds are smooth, deep-green in color, slightly paler beneath, and of a rather firm papery texture.
Beautiful Ferns|Daniel Cady Eaton
The lowest Marsupials as regards the ossicles are the Peramelidae, whose ossicles are of a frail papery consistence.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
The small burs have a thin, papery lining, and short, widely-branching spines.
Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands|Gerrit Parmile Wilder
Fruit a fleshy pome, with the cells formed by papery or cartilaginous membranes within juicy flesh.
Trees of the Northern United States|Austin C. Apgar

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papery

/ (ˈpeɪpərɪ) /

adjective

like paper, esp in thinness, flimsiness, or dryness

Derived forms of papery

paperiness, noun

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