carapace

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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

The ice reflected his distorted shadow and the beam of wandlight, but deep below the thick, misty gray carapace, something else glinted.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling