Look up: Carapace

1. Carapace
   a horny or bony covering encasing the body
   Found on http://australianmuseum.net.au/Glossary-
   
   
2. carapace
   The carapace is top shell of a turtle.
   Found on http://www.turtles.org/glossary.htm
   
   
3. Carapace
   a rigid shell or exoskeleton that encases the body.
   Found on http://www.coralrealm.com/viewpage.html?
   
   
4. Carapace
   Structure formed by posterior and lateral extension of dorsal sclerites of the head in many Crustacea, usually covering and/or fusing with one or more thoracic somites; considered as arising from a fold of head exo-skeleton. Also, a dorsal sclerotised plate often covering the idiosoma of acarines.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib
   
   
5. carapace
   [n] - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
6. Carapace
   Car'a·pace (kăr'ȧ*pās) noun [ French] (Zoology) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/23
   
   
7. carapace
   shell 2 cuticle noun hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
   Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
   
   
8. Carapace
   • (n.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
9. carapace
   (from the article `percussion instrument`) Scrapers are highly popular. The notched gourd with natural handle, called guiro, is another African American instrument. Notched turtle carapaces ... ...the lyre to Hermes, who had stolen Apollo`s cows and, in order to atone for his transgression, presented the god with the lyre, which he had ...
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10. Carapace
    The hard dorsal covering of the cephalothorax in the Arachnida
    Found on http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Sp
    
    
11. Carapace
    The exoskeletal covering, or shell, over the dorsal (upper) surface of the cephalothorax.
    Found on http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Sp
    
    
12. Carapace
    The upper half of a turtle shell.
    Found on http://www.cortland.edu/herp/keys/glossa
    
    
13. carapace
    carapace (kâr'upās) , shield, or shell covering, found over all or part of the anterior dorsal portion of an animal. In lobsters, shrimps, crayfish, and crabs, the carapace is the part of the exoskeleton that covers the head and thorax and protects the dorsal and lateral surfaces. In ...
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14. Carapace
    A carapace is a dorsal shield. The name is also given to the upper part of the hard shell of chelonian reptiles such as the tortoise, the lower part being called the plastron.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow
    
    
15. carapace
    the top, rounded part of a shelled animal
    Found on http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/turtleglossary.
    
    
16. Carapace
    A turtle or tortoise s upper shell.
    Found on http://www.kingsnake.com/articles/Glossa
    
    
17. carapace
    the dorsal plate of the cephalothorax, bearing the lateral and median eyes.
    Found on http://www.vaejovidae.com/Glossary.htm
    
    
18. Carapace
    The shell covering the back (top) of a turtle, crab, or other animal.
    Found on http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/herps/gl
    
    
19. carapace
    (Spanish: carapacho shield) A hard covering over part of the body in arthropods e,g, crabs. Also in reptiles and turtles.
    Found on http://www.seafriends.org.nz/books/gloss
    
    
20. carapace
    The dorsal portion of a turtle shell
    Found on http://www.coastalplainsreptiles.com/glo
    
    
21. Carapace
    Hard or chitinous covering or shield protecting the body of the animal, such as a crab.
    Found on http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/glo
    
    
22. Carapace
    hardened plate the covers the prosoma dorsally (the head)
    Found on http://www.venomlist.com/forums/index.ph
    
    
23. CARAPACE
    the upper shell of a sea turtle (on the dorsal or upper surface)
    Found on http://www.seeturtles.org/1901/glossary-
    
    
24. carapace
    A bony or hard shell that covers part or all of an animal. Turtles, crabs, and boxfish are good examples.
    Found on http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reptiles
    
    
25. Carapace
    Top part of the shell or hard covering of the blue crab.
    Found on http://www.bluecrab.info/glossary.html