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Definisjon av carapace

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Noun
carapace - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
shell, cuticle, shield
scute large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake
mollusc, mollusk, shellfish invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
arthropod invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
turtle any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
cuticula the outer body wall of an insect
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Substantiv
carapace - A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.

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  • A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods such as crustaceans and arachnids as well as vertebrates such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the underside is called the plastron.

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