Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In zoology, having a soft body.

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Examples

  • Cicciobello, a soft-bodied doll that can cry, smile and interact with children, has been one of its leading products since the late 1950s.

    Italian Toy Maker Aims to Double Revenue by 2015 Sabrina Cohen 2010

  • Bug killer — Insecticidal soap kills most soft-bodied insects, such as pesky aphids, by dehydration.

    How to use soap in the garden 2010

  • These were soft-bodied dolls with plastic heads, and the thing that made these dolls so wildly popular, was that in order to be mass-produced, computers generated millions of subtle differences among the dolls.

    Jenifer Fox: Race, Race, Race. Win, Win, Win Jenifer Fox 2011

  • Leatherbacks prey on jellyfish and other soft-bodied sea creatures, and can live for 40 to 50 years.

    Secret voyages of leatherback turtles revealed using transmitters 2011

  • The soft-bodied dolls are described as "best friends with special talents who like to share their travel adventures."

    Attack of the Tall Dolls Ann Zimmerman 2010

  • These were soft-bodied dolls with plastic heads, and the thing that made these dolls so wildly popular, was that in order to be mass-produced, computers generated millions of subtle differences among the dolls.

    Jenifer Fox: Race, Race, Race. Win, Win, Win Jenifer Fox 2011

  • And yet she is only a woman -- I tell her so; I tell her that there are at least seven hundred and fifty millions of two-legged, long-haired, gentle-voiced, soft-bodied, female humans like her on the planet, and that she is really swamped by the immensity of numbers of her sex and kind.

    CHAPTER XLIX 2010

  • The Burgess Shale included trilobites exceptionally preserved with all these details, and many different soft-bodied animals besides.

    Harry Whittington obituary Richard Fortey 2010

  • There are probably many sizable radiations of soft-bodied animals we know little or nothing about.

    Mother of all squid! - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Smith MR, Caron J-B 2010 Primitive soft-bodied cephalopods from the Cambrian.

    Mother of all squid! - The Panda's Thumb 2010

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