Definition of Shelled

1. Adjective. Of animals or fruits that have a shell.


Definition of Shelled

1. a. Having a shell.

Definition of Shelled

1. Verb. (past of shell) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shelled

1. shell [v] - See also: shell

Medical Definition of Shelled

1. Having a shell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shelled

shellacked
shellacking
shellackings
shellacks
shellacs
shellapple
shellback
shellbacks
shellbark
shellbark hickory
shellbarks
shellcode
shellcodes
shellcracker
shellcrackers
shelled (current term)
sheller
shellers
shellfire
shellfires
shellfish
shellfisheries
shellfisherman
shellfishermen
shellfishery
shellfishes
shellflower
shellful
shellfuls
shellier

Literary usage of Shelled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"From all of the other chelonians the Soft-shelled Turtles are strikingly ... The neck of the Soft-shelled Turtle is very long, the head is narrow and the ..."

2. Pork-production by William Wesley Smith, Robert Alexander Craig (1920)
"Considering both rate and economy of gains, soaked shelled corn was the ... shelled corn soaked twelve hours is better than that soaked twenty-four hours. ..."

3. Pork-production by William Wesley Smith, Robert Alexander Craig (1920)
"Considering both rate and economy of gains, soaked shelled corn was the ... shelled corn soaked twelve hours is better than that soaked twenty-four hours. ..."

4. Irrigation and Drainage: Principles and Practice of Their Cultural Phases by Franklin Hiram King (1899)
"2 stalks- pry matter shelled Dry matter shelled per acre corn per acre corn LBS. BU. LBS. BU. -1 stalk , Dry matter shelled per acre LBS. corn HI . ..."

5. Irrigation and Drainage: Principles and Practice of Their Cultural Phases by Franklin Hiram King (1898)
"Dry matter shelled per acre corn LBS. BU. 12300 PRIDE OF THK NORTH DENT . ... Dry matter shelled Dry matter shelled 73.24 10265 45.20 28.04 It will be seen ..."

6. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"While animals are shelled, the biologist does not include them g the true shell-fish, and they are not considered in this chapter. ..."

7. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1862)
"1—1 bushel basket of ears 8 rowed corn weighed....45,>i Ibs. Cob of same weighed 0 " Whole amount oí shelled corn weighed ..."

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