shell-like
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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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 ● Dec. 5, 2023
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 ● Jul. 8, 2023
Instead, the researchers’ analysis found that S. bideni’s inner shell is a gladius, a triangular shell-like remnant found in squids and vampire squids.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
I once returned from Monticello with seed of his snail flower, a beguiling tender woody vine with white and violet shell-like blooms of intense fragrance.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2019
The front was, as I had once seen it in a dream, but a shell-like wall, very high and very fragile-looking, perforated with paneless windows: no roof, no battlements, no chimneys—all had crashed in.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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