He watched the little smooth-shelled machine pull the cart away. From Wordnik.com. [Destiny's Road]
In a number of instances I was able to find that the nuts which were planted were smooth-shelled nuts, either sieboldiana or cordiformis. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922] Reference
Then there were chick-peas and lupines, all the smooth-shelled nuts you wanted, and an apple apiece, but I got away with two, and here they are, tied up in my napkin; for I'll have a row on my hands if I don't bring some kind of. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio] Reference
Then there were chick-peas and lupines, all the smooth-shelled nuts you wanted, and an apple apiece, but I got away with two, and here they are, tied up in my napkin; for I'll have a row on my hands if I don't bring some kind of a present home to my favorite slave. From Wordnik.com. [Satyricon] Reference
M. edulis and M. galloprovincialis, which are both smooth-shelled blue mussels with antitropical distributions. From Wordnik.com. [A Snail's Eye View] Reference
The smooth-shelled android pressed a small square of cardboard into Gin’s hand. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » Sam Clough : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
A cart pulled by a little smooth-shelled machine. From Wordnik.com. [Destiny's Road]
Some are smooth-shelled, like the solen, the mussel, and some clams, viz. those that are nicknamed ‘milkshells’, while others are rough-shelled, such as the pool-oyster or edible oyster, the pinna, and certain species of cockles, and the trumpet shells; and of these some are ribbed, such as the scallop and a certain kind of clam or cockle, and some are devoid of ribs, as the pinna and another species of clam. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
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