shelllessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

shellless (not comparable)

1. Without a shell.

使用する際の注意点

• The hyphenated spelling shell-less may be preferred in order to avoid the unusual juxtaposition of three of the same consonant.

形容詞

shell-less (not comparable)

1. Lacking a shell.
2. Unprotected, vulnerable.

使用する際の注意点

The suffix -less is not usually hyphenated. Gary Rosenberg has mentioned that shellless is "a word that I keep trying to slip into professional papers (I'm a malacologist by trade), but so far no editor has let it stand." The unhyphenated spelling, though suggested, is not currently found in any major dictionary.