hard-shelled
Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of animals or plants that have a hard shell
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
Because inflatable kayaks aren't as sturdy as traditional, hard-shelled kayaks, a lot of people tend to steer away from them.
It spans from the formation of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago ( Ga ) to the beginning of the Cambrian Period, about million years ago ( Ma ), when hard-shelled creatures first appeared in abundance.
“C-diff is difficult to kill because it makes spores that are hard-shelled forms of the bacteria,” said Linda Johnson, RN, infection control manager at MU Health Care.
I’d have it in a simple red sauce with authentic scampi, the small, hard-shelled crustaceans native to my region.
It covers million years to the present,error and goes back to the period when diverse hard-shelled animals first appeared.
Since the eggs are very hard-shelled, they can pass through the bird's digestive system unharmed, promoting the spread of the species over wide areas.