shell-lessadj.

Forms: Also shelless.

Etymology: < shell n. + -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshell-less.

Without a shell or shells.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering > having a shell > not having a shell

shell-less1777

1777 G. White Let. 20 May in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 217 Myriads of small shell-less snails.

1838 Penny Cycl. X. 486/2 In the Frog-tribe the ova..are shelless [sic], and generally laid in the water.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 272/2 Shell-less mollusks.

1859–62 J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. (1868) II. 358 Gymnosomata (Shell-less Pteropods).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shell-less
释义	shell-lessadj. Forms: Also shelless. Etymology: < shell n. + -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshell-less. Without a shell or shells. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering > having a shell > not having a shell shell-less1777 1777 G. White Let. 20 May in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 217 Myriads of small shell-less snails. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 486/2 In the Frog-tribe the ova..are shelless [sic], and generally laid in the water. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 272/2 Shell-less mollusks. 1859–62 J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. (1868) II. 358 Gymnosomata (Shell-less Pteropods). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1777
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