Carapace

What do we mean by carapace?

A hard bony or chitinous outer covering, such as the fused dorsal plates of a turtle or the portion of the exoskeleton covering the head and thorax of a crustacean. noun

A protective, shell-like covering likened to that of a turtle or crustacean. noun

The shell of a turtle or tortoise; specifically, the upper shell, the under shell being called the plastron. noun

In Mammalia, the shell of an armadillo. noun

In Cirripedia, the multivalvular shell, test, or case. noun

In higher Crustacea, the shield covering the cephalothorax, sometimes separable into a cephalostegite and an omostegite. See cut under Apus. noun

One of the many hard cases, tests, or shells which are likened to a carapace, as those of certain infusorians; a lorica. noun

The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals. noun

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin. noun

In figurative use noun

Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles noun

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.

In figurative use

Words that are spelled similarly to carapace:
carapace, carapato, carafate, rapace, carpale, catapuce, carapax, arspace, carapaces, carapa, car race, capace, caravaca, caravane, cardspace.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word carapace:
plastron, chelae, scute, telson, rostrum, chela, setae, abdomen, sternum, appendages, exoskeleton, claws, serrated, crabs, spiny, thoracic, tortoise, bristles, nunatak, mottled, leathery, crab, antennae, thorax, yellowish, turtle, bony, tinge, reddish, stalked, domed, hairs, keel, blotches, legs, laterally, gills, ventral, width, coloration, flattened, radiating, segmented, posterior, lobster, granular, limbs, underside, elongated, stripe, concave, dorsal, spiders, abdominal, weigh, anterior, fused, sponge, shrimp, convex, lateral, medial, movable, stripes, eyes, margins, length, transverse, shell, narrower, darker, inflated, olive, hexagonal, triangular, ridges, pairs, pale, ribs, spine, whitish, smooth, hind, blackish, lacks, oval, plates, spots, longitudinal, frontal, patches, algae, groove, edged, nocturnal, teeth, rounded, distinctly, sexes, tail.

Adjectives that are often used to describe carapace:
hard, dorsal, large, bivalved, bony, female, complete, smooth, black, male, shaped, protective, bivalve, thick, oval, broad, like, brown, entire, domed, short, rounded, anterior, flat, dark, thin, rigid, solid, tortoise, abdominal, transparent, arched, tough, cephalic, heavy, chitinous, leathery, convex, narrow, lateral, shiny, soft, horny, elongate, posterior, outer, empty, spiny, massive, developed, olive, triangular, elongated, prosomatic, cephalothoracic, green, circular, brittle, shieldlike, distinct, huge, adult, immature, armored, continuous, calcareous, crustacean, firm, calcified, inflated, chelonian, broader, defensive, fragile, thoracic, grey, largest, gray, keeled, depressed, opisthosomatic, reduced.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective carapace:
brown, length, convex, spiny, pyriform, valves, triangular, reniform, yellow, lyrate, subtriangular, environment, ovate, subpyriform, shiny, shape, color, trapezoidal, tuberculate, subquadrate, measures, transverse, margin.

Words that sound like carapace:
carapace, karachi, carpaccio, caracci, kiribati, carlucci, carducci, cornpone, crorepati, corn poppy, karpov, creepily, chapati, chapatti, carpio, croppy, cropsey, carpi, canace, chiropody, croppie, carballo, carboni, karabin, carpino, car hop, karai, catapano, carpeta, car repair.