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Noun
/ˈkarəˌpās/,
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carapaces, plural;
  1. The hard upper shell of a turtle or crustacean

  1. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
  2. A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods such as crustaceans and arachnids as well as vertebrates such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the underside is called the plastron.
  3. A hard protective covering of bone or chitin; in figurative use
  4. (5 Carapaced) A large turtle or turtle-like creature (mammal?) reported from 10 to 45 feet long. Carapace is described as jointed, segmented, and plated. May exhibit a dorsal crest of "quills" and a type of oily hair. Cosmopolitan.
  5. The shell covering the cephalothorax.
  6. the shield covering the part of upper surface of the body of crustaceans (for example, the broad shield of crabs, and of the head and ‘chest’ of prawns and rock lobsters).
  7. The shell covering the back (top) of a turtle, crab, or other animalAny living thing that is not a plant. Most animals can move about freely. All use plants or other animals as food. All have sensory organs..
  8. A hard shell-like upper covering that protects the bodies of animals such as tortoises and turtles.
  9. The term denotes a shield of exoskeleton covering part of the body of certain animals. See also SHELL.
  10. in the Crustacea it describes a fold of the exoskeleton of the head that extends back over the thorax and may be fused with a few or all of the thoracic segments. It may also extend laterally to protect the sides of the body
  11. the thick shell that covers the back of the turtle, the crab, and other animals. also, metaphorically: something likened to a shell that serves to protect or isolate from external influence.
  12. A large, hard shell covering an animal's back; part of its shield-like exoskeleton.. Animals with a carapace include turtles, most crabs, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders.
  13. the horny, protective covering over all or part of the back of certain animals, as the upper shell of a turtle, armadillo, crab, etc.
  14. the top, rounded part of a shelled animal
  15. The carapace is the top part of the shell.
  16. the bony outer case on turtles, lobsters and other animals
  17. The dorsal component of the shell in turtles, usually composed of both epidermal and bony plates (Peters 1964).[image]
  18. A bony or chitenous case or shell covering the back or part of the back of an animal, such as a crab.
  19. A hard bony or chitinous outer covering, such as the fused dorsal plates of a turtle or the portion of the exoskeleton covering the head and thorax of a crustacean.
  20. The shell of a crab, tortoise, etc. Causal Body. The higher Ego or Spiritual Soul, not properly a body in any sense; Buddhi in conjunction with Manas.
  21. The part of a Crustacean that spreads over the head and thorax.
  22. This is the almost circular part at the front of the tarantula when viewed from above, in many species and when it is viewed in natural light it will have a beautiful coloured sheen.
  23. The hard bony plates that form the bottom, or underside of a turtle shell
  24. The upper portion of the shell of a turtle
  25. The upper outer skeleton, excluding the tail, of crustaceans such as the rock lobster.