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Softshell

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Softshell"

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Word	Definition
spinynoun	Archaic form of spinney. [(UK) A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds.]
pinnoun	A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
pinesnoun	(Philippines, chiefly Baguio, colloquial)
pinsnoun	(US) Acronym of person in need of supervision (“a juvenile not currently living with a parent or guardian”).
thickskinnoun	(zoology) Applied to various creatures having a thick skin.
shelltoed	Having shelltoes.
malacostomous	(zoology, archaic) Having soft jaws without teeth.
testudinarious	(zoology) Resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise.
tortoise-shellnoun	Alternative form of tortoiseshell. [The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.]
terebratuliform	(archaic, zoology) Having the general form of a terebratula shell.
scutellatenoun	(botany) saucer-shaped
semicryptic	Somewhat cryptic or enigmatic.
spizelline	(zoology) Of or relating to the Spizella.
scutiferous	(zoology) Having a scute.
schizodontnoun	(zoology) An organism having hinge teeth of this kind.
squamate	(chiefly zoology) Covered in scales.
muticnoun	(botany, dated) Having no pointed process or awn; awnless.
scutelliplantar	(zoology, of birds, obsolete) Having thick scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus.
razor-backed	(zoology) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back.
exaspidean	(zoology) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; said of certain birds.