shell
noun
a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
shell-less
-
a word derived from
shell.
Example Sentences
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To gain a better insight into the ecology of the animals, the researchers exploited the fact that small shell-less sea slugs from the Rhodopidae family feed on placozoans.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024
Sea slugs are a type of shell-less marine mollusc renowned for their remarkable variety and beauty.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
But for a plant, its diet is impressive: seed shrimp, shell-less crustaceans, insect larvae, and occasionally even tadpoles and small fish.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
Pisifera seeds tend to abort during development, but when they do produce fruits, they are often shell-less.
From Nature ● Mar. 14, 2017
They looked like deformed, shell-less lobsters, horribly pale and slimy-looking, with legs sticking out in very odd places and no visible heads.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
