carapace
Example Sentences
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The suit -- called a carapace -- is about 70% complete and covers each major region of the body.
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024
It had stubby limbs and a flattened carapace, suggesting that—unlike modern sea turtles—this ancient reptile lived along shallow coastlines.
From Scientific American • Oct. 22, 2023
Polished, urbane and preternaturally prepared, Cornwell’s sometimes mischievous demeanor forms a kind of shadow narrative, a fascinating carapace that Morris’s interrogatory arrows fail to fully pierce.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2023
To date, they have found parts of the posterior portion of its carapace, or shell, and most of the pelvic girdle, but no skull, tail or limbs.
From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2022
Its carapace shimmers like spilled oil on water.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
