Carapace

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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