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carapace

[ kar-uh-peys ]

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noun

a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle.

carapace

/ ˈkærəˌpeɪs /

the thick hard shield, made of chitin or bone, that covers part of the body of crabs, lobsters, tortoises, etc

carapace

/ kăr′ə-pās′ /

A hard outer covering or shell made of bone or chitin on the back of animals such as turtles, armadillos, lobsters, and crabs.

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1830–40; < French < Spanish carapacho, of obscure origin

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C19: from French, from Spanish carapacho, of unknown origin

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I walked back to my desk, keeping the satisfaction locked tight within a carapace of steely unconcern, and took in the scene.

It encases their loserdom in a carapace of purity and righteousness.

Ian McEwan: Well, I think one way… I think you have to develop a carapace of boringness.

Greater awareness of that would soften their carapace of greed.

The record from Chinaj is based on a carapace found in a chiclero camp, where the turtle evidently had been brought for food.

The stripes on the forelimbs were orange, and the ocelli on the carapace were red.

"Nice doggy," the man said, his fingers scratching under the edge of the carapace where it joined the flesh.

We have just mentioned the fact that the head and thorax of a decapod is usually covered by a large shield—the carapace.

They derive their name from the nature of the carapace, which is of a rounded form and very hard and strong.

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