thin-shelled

We're still acting as if it's perfectly OK to use this thin-shelled atmosphere as an open sewer.

Lake Erie's Toxic Algae Bloom Seen From Space: Green Scum Rampant In The Great Lakes (PHOTOS) 2011

Ignoring her, David tried to crack open another thin-shelled egg, but his fingers went straight through, puncturing the yolk.

The After Wife Lexi Davis 2009

Ignoring her, David tried to crack open another thin-shelled egg, but his fingers went straight through, puncturing the yolk.

The After Wife Lexi Davis 2009

The Navy speedboat operators sailed blind, lights out, knowing that if their thin-shelled craft struck a mine they would be instantly vaporized.

Secret Warriors 2008

I seem to recall that one sees this phenomenon mostly, perhaps entirely, in the more smooth, thin-shelled and typically larger species such as T. caribaeensis and T. pulchella, rather than in the more heavily ribbed types: T. scalaris or T. bahamensis and such.

Who preys on Truncatella AYDIN 2008

‘Dasypeltis inornatus’ (Smith), the teeth are small, and favorable for the passage of thin-shelled eggs without breaking.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

Lightning lit the surrounding mountains in rapid-fire surreal flashes, sounded in the thin-shelled ship cabin like a million kilos of frying bacon.

With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

Lightning lit the surrounding mountains in rapid-fire surreal flashes, sounded in the thin-shelled ship cabin like a million kilos of frying bacon.

With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

Lightning lit the surrounding mountains in rapid-fire surreal flashes, sounded in the thin-shelled ship cabin like a million kilos of frying bacon.

With Friends Like These Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

There are those which are very large and those which are thin-shelled, and those of fine flavor; as a food product I think the shellbark is second only to the pecan.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923