carapace
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He slides into these carapaces as though they’re a rubber Godzilla suit and goes on the rampage.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025
Qvarnström and coauthors found that the coprolites were packed with small, shelled animals called forams, as well as bristles from worms and carapaces from crustaceans, bivalves, and other watery invertebrates.
From Scientific American • Sep. 1, 2019
Listen closely, and you can hear their subtle clacking and the whisper of water over their carapaces.
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2017
As cars speed by, some swerving to avoid the 10-legged crustaceans, the cracks of carapaces zing through the air.
From Reuters • Apr. 25, 2017
Crabs had a substantial investment in the patterns on their carapaces.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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