hard-shelled
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, authorities were seen carrying out suitcases, bins and hard-shelled storage cases as they rummaged through a storage unit behind an apartment building in the 4200 block of Marquesas Way in Marina del Rey.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
When it comes to cracking open hard-shelled prey, sea otters are remarkably resourceful.
From Science Magazine • May 15, 2024
Their research, recently published in New Phytologist, unveils the genetic diversification and population history of this hard-shelled plant that was used to make bottles, instruments, and containers for over 10,000 years by ancient civilizations.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024
The shells of the large, hard-shelled clam were used by the indigenous Narragansett people as wampum.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023
Its eggs are cement-coloured and particularly hard-shelled; the young club their way out using their tails, whose spikes are well developed at birth.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
