shelly

Same as chaffinch, 1.

Abounding in, provided with, or covered with shells.

Consisting of a shell or shells; forming or formed by a shell.

Of the nature of a shell; testaceous; conchylious; chitinous, as the carapace of a crab; calcareous, as the shell of a mollusk; silicious, as the test of a radiolarian.

Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.

Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures

Resembling, or comprising, the shell of a mollusc

Abounding with shells.