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| a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle. |
[Origin: 1830–40; < F < Sp carapacho, of obscure orig.
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n.
[French, from Spanish carapacho.] |
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carapace
1836, from Fr. carapace "tortoise shell," from Port. carapaça, of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from L. capa (see cape (1)).
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| carapace | |
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| hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
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| carapace
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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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Carapace
Cal`i*pash"\, n. [F. carapace, Sp. carapacho. Cf Calarash, Carapace.] A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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