carapace
Example Sentences
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Its carapace will delicately crunch as your front teeth pass through into the lush center.
From Salon
Santos’s carapace of lies is so elaborate and encompassing that it may suggest psychological issues we should hope he gets help in addressing.
From Washington Post
To date, they have found parts of the posterior portion of its carapace, or shell, and most of the pelvic girdle, but no skull, tail or limbs.
From Reuters
She scanned its carapace for a GPS tracker or an identification tag.
From Los Angeles Times
His sculpture, in which a plywood human silhouette shelters beneath a cardboard carapace, commemorates those women.
From New York Times
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