carapace

3 definitions found

carapace - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carapace \Car"a*pace\ (k[a^]r"[.a]*p[=a]s), n. [F.] (Zool.)
     The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the
     tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
     [1913 Webster]

carapace - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  carapace
      n 1: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as
           arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell,
           cuticle, shield]

carapace - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "carapace":
     armor, chitin, cortex, elytron, episperm, lorica, lorication, mail,
     pericarp, plate, protective covering, scute, scutum, shell, shield,
     test, testa, thick skin