carapace
Example Sentences
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There are two basic types: The first covers itself in a conspicuous white, waxy coat, and the second lives beneath a dark and camouflaged carapace.
From Washington Post
The dishiness is fun, but “Lady Boss” is most penetrating when it lifts the carapace of glamour Collins had constructed, both as alter ego and as armor against her critics.
From New York Times
With over three decades experience on turtle conservation, Kapurusinghe said the dead turtles had oral, cloacal and throat bleeding and “specific parts of their carapace have burns and erosion signs.”
From Seattle Times
She looks upon the woman’s “wretched body” as nonhuman, “a carapace of something long ago caught and killed in a spider’s web.”
From Washington Post
After dark each night, the latest waves scuttle up tree trunks, pulling their pale white abdomens out of their old carapaces.
From Washington Post
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