carapace
carapace · carapaces
карапакс, щиток, щит, панцирь
Carapax, Rückenschild, Rückenpanzer, Schale
A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal…A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
US/ˈkɛɹ.əˌpeɪs/
» In the terrarium lived a millipede with a shiny carapace.
Meaning
2 sensesA hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
Carapax, Rückenschild, Rückenpanzer
карапа́ксkarapáks, щито́кščitók, щитščit
(figuratively)That which protects.
More definitions
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Examples
1 sentencesIn the terrarium lived a millipede with a shiny carapace.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
hard protective covering:
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Origin
Borrowed from French carapace (“tortoise shell”), from Spanish carapacho, of unknown origiBorrowed from French carapace (“tortoise shell”), from Spanish carapacho, of unknown origin, but likely from an extinct Ibero-Mediterranean substrate language.
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