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carapace1836, from French carapace "tortoise shell" (18c.), from Spanish carapacho or Portuguese carapaça, which is of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from Latin capa (see cape (n.1)).
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carapaceStructure formed by posterior and lateral extension of dorsal sclerites of the head in many Crustacea, usually covering and/or fusing with one or more thoracic somites; considered as arising from a fold of head exoskeleton. Also a dorsal sclerotized plate often covering the idiosoma of acarines. The dorsal portion of the shell of a turtle. Formed f [..]
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carapaceA 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 torto [..]
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carapace Top part of the shell of the crab.
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carapace the shield-like covering that protects the top of the cephalothorax.
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carapace(n) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
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carapacehard, protective outer case or shell that covers the back or part of the back of an animal (as in a turtle or a lobster).
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carapaceHard or chitinous covering or shield protecting the body of the animal, such as a crab.
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carapaceAn exoskeletal shell that covers the head and at least some of the thorax. Synapomorphy of the Branchiopoda+Maxillopod
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carapaceThe shell covering the back (top) of a turtle, crab, or other animal.
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carapaceThe protective bony shell covering the back part of a crab.
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carapacefirst segment of spider's body
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carapaceThe shield like structure that covers the anterior portion of some crustaceans.
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carapaceThe upper part of a tortoise or turtle shell.
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carapaceA typically hard external skeleton that protects an organism.
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carapaceA bony or hard shell that covers part or all of an animal. Turtles, crabs, and boxfish are good examples.
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carapace, in Crustacea, a hard dorsal covering consisting of the fused dorsal sclerites (T-B; Borror et al.); in adult Chelonus
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carapaceA hard shell covering the back of an animal, such as a crab or turtle.
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carapaceHard shell of crustaceans.
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carapaceA hard shell-like upper covering that protects the bodies of animals such as tortoises and turtles.
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