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carapacial

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car⋅a⋅pace

  [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.
Origin:
1830–40; < F < Sp carapacho, of obscure orig.

Related forms:
car⋅a⋅paced, adjective
car⋅a⋅pa⋅cial  [kar-uh-pey-shuhl] , adjective
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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)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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carapace   (kār'ə-pās')  Pronunciation Key 
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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Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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