soft-shelled
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The researchers believe the eggs were soft-shelled, which helps explain why they have rarely been discovered.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
It came from a soft-shelled turtle, or trionychid, which researchers think was the animal responsible for the punting tracks.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Carrigan to find out what fast food has to do with literature, and what keeps fans crawling back into the soft-shelled embrace of Taco Bell.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2023
Describing the Jordan, she writes, “These waters fuel the tamarisk and the rhododendron blossoming on the riverbanks. . . . These waters host catfish and carp and bream, tiny mollusks and soft-shelled turtles.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021
Chestnut was especially popular—not the imported European chestnut roasted on Manhattan street corners in the fall, but the smaller, soft-shelled, deeply sweet native American chestnut, now almost extinguished by chestnut blight.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
