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carapace

[kar-uh-pays] / ˈkær əˌpeɪs /




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The suit -- called a carapace -- is about 70% complete and covers each major region of the body.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024

It had stubby limbs and a flattened carapace, suggesting that—unlike modern sea turtles—this ancient reptile lived along shallow coastlines.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 22, 2023

Polished, urbane and preternaturally prepared, Cornwell’s sometimes mischievous demeanor forms a kind of shadow narrative, a fascinating carapace that Morris’s interrogatory arrows fail to fully pierce.

From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

The fossil is partial, with a relatively complete carapace - the turtle's shell - but not the rest of the skeleton.

From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2023

How does it come about that the face of a warrior is incised on the carapace of a crab?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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