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smooth-shelled

/smuːð ʃɛld/

Traduction: Adjectif composé désignant un animal ou un objet dont le revêtement extérieur ou la carapace est lisse, sans aspérités ni rugosités.

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adjective

/smuːð ʃɛld/formalobsolète
  • frAdjectif composé désignant un animal ou un objet dont le revêtement extérieur ou la carapace est lisse, sans aspérités ni rugosités.

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.

    frà carapace lisse

    • 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.
Formes
  • more smooth-shelled comparative form
  • most smooth-shelled superlative form