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ˈshell-less, a.
Also shelless.
[f. shell n. + -less.]
Without a shell or shells.
1777G. White Selborne, Let. to Barrington 20 May, Myriads of small shell-less snails. 1838Penny Cycl. X. 486/2 In the Frog-tribe the ova..are shelless [sic], and generally laid in the water. 1843Ibid. XXVII. 272/2 Shell-less mollusks. 1859–62Sir J. Richardson, etc. Mus. Nat. Hist. (1868) II. 358 Gymnosomata (Shell-less Pteropods). |