shell-like

British  

adjective

1. resembling the empty shell of a mollusc

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noun

1. slang  an ear (esp in the phrase a word in your shell-like )

Example Sentences

On Sunday night, the Hollywood Bowl’s shell-like silhouette will be filled with the musical stylings of performers from Colombia, El Salvador and Mexico, including the father-son duo Grupo Cañaveral de Humberto Pabón and the orchestral sounds of La Sonora Dinamita and Los Hermanos Flores.

From Los Angeles Times

Insects and other arthropods, which make up the vast majority of animals on Earth, instead possess a shell-like exoskeleton, which is mainly composed of a tough, flexible material called cuticle.

From Science Magazine

Even in cases where it’s not used for flying and is fused together, this shell-like wing cover is thought to be one of the keys to beetle survival.

From New York Times

Mr. Mohtes-Chan said that heavily burned areas were vulnerable to slides because the burned layer of the ground can be hard and shell-like.

From New York Times

Autry President Stephen Aron peers over the edge of the scuffed railing, looking down into the snail shell-like epicenter of the staircase.

From Los Angeles Times