shelled en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʃɛld/
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Meanings
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(in-compounds, not-comparable, often) Having a shell; testaceous.
the shelled slug of species Testacella haliotidea
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(not-comparable) Having had the shell removed.
shelled peas
- (not-comparable, slang) Unable to keep up in a race, having used up one's reserves of energy.
Antonyms
Deriveds
soft-shelled crab · soft-shelled turtle · Santa Barbara shelled slug · nonshelled · pitted-shelled turtle
Synonyms
Translations (1)
fr décortiqué (having had the shell removed)