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

  1. (carapace) 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. (carapace) A hard protective covering of bone or chitin; in figurative use
  4. (carapace) a hard, bony outer covering, such as the portion of the exoskeleton covering the head and thorax of a crustacean
  5. The carapace is the top part of the shell.
  6. (carapace) The part of a Crustacean that spreads over the head and thorax.
  7. (Carapace) A bony or chitenous case or shell covering the back or part of the back of an animal, such as a crab.
  8. (carapace) The shell covering the cephalothorax.
  9. (Carapace) The upper portion of the shell of a turtle
  10. (carapace) the horny, protective covering over all or part of the back of certain animals, as the upper shell of a turtle, armadillo, crab, etc.
  11. (Carapace) The hard bony plates that form the bottom, or underside of a turtle shell
  12. (Carapace) 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).
  13. (Carapace) The dorsal component of the shell in turtles, usually composed of both epidermal and bony plates (Peters 1964).[image]
  14. (Carapace) 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..
  15. (Carapace) 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.
  16. (Carapace) 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.
  17. (Carapace) armored plate the covers the head
  18. (Carapace) 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
  19. (carapace) 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.
  20. (carapace) the bony outer case on turtles, lobsters and other animals
  21. (carapace) 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.
  22. (carapace) the top, rounded part of a shelled animal
  23. (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.