Carapace Common

Carapace has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions

Noun

hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

carapace shell cuticle shield

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.

See Also

blade carapaces mesobranchial crab tecnomorph chicken turtle unipeltate mantis shrimp

Related Terms

blade carapaces mesobranchial crab tecnomorph chicken turtle unipeltate mantis shrimp plastron calipee calyptopis masked crab branchiostegite metagastric syncarid metabranchial omostegite flatback carapacial plagiostomy

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

scute

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

cuticula

Rhyming Words

ace hace pace face race lace wace jace tace mace bace glace trace chace apace stace brace space arace place

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