Antonyms for hard-shelled

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hahrd-shel

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrdˌʃɛl

Definition of hard-shelled

As in tough : adj obstinate, rough
As in hard-boiled : adj tough

Example sentences :

They break the hard-shelled insects and swallow them rapidly.
Extract from : « More Science From an Easy Chair » by Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester

Their long-oval, hard-shelled eggs are deposited in the ground.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 » by Various

But if I were to express a preference it would be for the hard-shelled suitors.
Extract from : « Shifting Sands » by Sara Ware Bassett

I heard one crunching a hard-shelled bit in his strong beak.
Extract from : « Birds and All Nature Vol VII, No. 1, January 1900 » by Various

The eggs are hard-shelled, and the males are usually smaller than their mates.
Extract from : « Zoology: The Science of Animal Life » by Ernest Ingersoll

Boil the desired number of hard-shelled crabs and remove the meat from the shells.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

They are about as large and hard-shelled as hazelnuts—food and fire fit for the gods from the same fruit.
Extract from : « My First Summer in the Sierra » by John Muir

Tom also caught a perch, and clinging to it as he drew in his line was a large, hard-shelled, long-clawed crab.
Extract from : « Stories of California » by Ella M. Sexton

The oyster may be the more popular, but it is the hard-shelled crab that makes the best life-insurance risk.
Extract from : « Speaking of Prussians » by Irvin S. Cobb

Hard-shelled seeds had better be frozen, to open the stones and give them an opportunity to germinate.
Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden

Synonyms for hard-shelled

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