hard-shelled
Example Sentences
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E-bikes with pedals are also permitted and hard-shelled helmets are required for all bikers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025
The study used data from a decades-long database of video footage depicting wild chimpanzees in the Bossou forest, Guinea, where chimps were recorded cracking hard-shelled nuts using a hammer and anvil stones.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
Even though otters have powerful chompers, regularly crunching on hard-shelled meals—including clams and mussels—can cause lasting damage.
From Science Magazine • May 15, 2024
The hunched, hard-shelled, butterscotch-colored nymphs that first emerge from the ground are easy to scoop up as they scurry.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024
The game disappeared, taking shelter from the rain, and the men began foraging for whatever they could find: blood-drop berries, hard-shelled nuts, flightless birds with white-and-gray wings.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
