Definition of "shell-less" [shell•-less]

• Lacking a shell. (adjective)
• Unprotected, vulnerable. (adjective)

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• "A new species of dinosaur, an ancient eel and a shell-less marine snail all added to our growing knowledge of the animal kingdom."
• "I'll put my Jalapeno Crabcakes up against yours any day .... even without my dear, departed, shell-less, fleckless NW USA Dungeness."
• "I love many things, as my Twitter friends know all to well. nothing better than rummaging thru a bag of pistachios and finding one that's shell-less/i'm a salt-a-holic, i must confess"