Definition of Carapace. Meaning of Carapace. Synonyms of Carapace

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Definition of Carapace

Carapace
Carapace Car"a*pace (k[a^]r"[.a]*p[=a]s), n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.

Meaning of Carapace from wikipedia

- A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or s**** in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids...
- strut are part of the plastron. On the carapace are the sutures into which they insert, known as the Bridge carapace suture. In the s**** there is a turtle's...
- Carapace Nunatak (76°53′S 159°24′E / 76.883°S 159.400°E / -76.883; 159.400) is a prominent isolated nunatak, the most westerly near the head of Mackay...
- received several names in literature, being known as either Carapace Sandstone or Carapace Formation, being a series of Freshwater environments developed...
- large, quadrapedral (four-legged), herbivorous armadillos with armored carapaces (top s****) that were made of hundreds of interconnected osteoderms (structures...
- name refers to the usually green fat found beneath its carapace, not to the color of its carapace, which is olive to black. The dorsoventrally flattened...
- The cephalothorax is covered by a carapace which protects the internal organs and the gills; the section of the carapace that projects in front of the eyes...
- water. Turtle s**** are made mostly of bone; the upper part is the domed carapace, while the underside is the flatter plastron or belly-plate. Its outer...
- characterized by an elongated, segmented body, a flattened shield-like brownish carapace covering two thirds of the thorax, and two long filaments on the abdomen...
- living sea turtle. Archelon had a leathery carapace instead of the hard s**** seen in most sea turtles. The carapace may have featured a row of small ridges...