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smooth-shelled

/smuːð ʃɛld/

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adjective

/smuːð ʃɛld/formalobsolete
  • ruУстаревшее составное прилагательное, используемое для описания животного или предмета, имеющего гладкое внешнее покрытие или панцирь.

An obsolete compound adjective used to describe an animal or object having a smooth outer covering or shell.

  1. Having a smooth shellB2formal

    Describes an animal, typically a turtle, crab, or mollusk, whose outer covering is smooth and free of bumps or ridges.

    ruГладкостворчатый

    • The smooth-shelled turtle glided effortlessly through the water.
    • Biologists studied the smooth-shelled crab found on the sandy beach.
    • Smooth-shelled mollusks are often easier for predators to crack open.
Forms
  • more smooth-shelled comparative form
  • most smooth-shelled superlative form