carapace

Noun
  1. Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles (synset 101906397)
    is a type of: scute - large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake
    subtypes: cuticula - the outer body wall of an insect
    is a part of:
    • turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
    • arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
    • mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
    substance holonym: shell - the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
    same as: cuticle, shell, shield

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