hard-shelled
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E-bikes with pedals are also permitted and hard-shelled helmets are required for all bikers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025
As a result, roughly 3000 animals are currently duking it out over dwindling resources and may be forced to rely on hard-shelled prey.
From Science Magazine • May 15, 2024
The hunched, hard-shelled, butterscotch-colored nymphs that first emerge from the ground are easy to scoop up as they scurry.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 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
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
