single-shelled

• Adjectif désignant ce qui possède une seule coque ou un seul revêtement externe ; peut aussi qualifier un objet formé d'une pièce unique sans jointure. Terme peu courant, souvent technique ou littéraire.

An obsolete adjective describing something that has a single shell or outer covering; rarely used in modern English.

1. Having one shellC1formalscientific

   Describing a mollusk or other organism that has a shell composed of a single piece or valve.

   univalve

   • Snails are single-shelled mollusks.
   • The fossil was identified as a single-shelled creature.
   • Single-shelled organisms are often studied in marine biology.

   Synonymesunivalve