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thin-shelled

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Adj.1.thin-shelled - of animals or plants that have a thin shell
shelled - of animals or fruits that have a shell


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And a third hypothesis, called the thin-shelled model, suggested that armor plates on the back of the animal's skin grew into one another and merged, eventually growing into a shell.
 
 
 
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