Assertion: box turtle's shell | /r/HasProperty | smooth
Facets:
value: relatively
type: DEGREE
value: in some older individuals
type: OTHER
value: in adult females
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In adult females, the shell may be smooth, but there are several large spines or cone-like projections at the front of the shell.
text: In some older individuals, and those that burrow frequently in coarse substrates, the shell may be smooth.
text: The dorsal shell of the green turtle, or carapace, is wide, smooth, and brownish-olive in color.
text: Whereas the shell of adult common snappers is relatively smooth, adult alligator snapping turtles -- often described as looking “prehistoric” -- bear three distinct keels, or ridges, along their carapaces.