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carapace|ˈkærəpeɪs|
[a. mod.F. carapace, ad. Sp. carapacho upper shell of a tortoise: of doubtful origin; taken by Barcia as a by-form of *carapazon, by metathesis for caparazon caparison, body-armour of a horse, augmentative of capara, -o, in med.L. a hood, a covering of the head and shoulders, f. L. capa, cape.]
The upper body-shell of tortoises, and of crustaceans. Extended to the hard case investing the body in some other animals, as certain Infusoria.
1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 202/1 If the carapace is raised in a crab. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. x. (1857) 201 The carapace of some tall tortoise. 1878Bell Gegenbauer's Comp. Anat. 38 A continuous covering for the body, like the carapace of the Arthropoda.
fig.1860O. W. Holmes Prof. Breakf.-t. ii, Nothing..could have got me to leave the shelter of my carapace.
Hence ˈcarapaced a.
1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xix. 357 Carapaced turtles. |