protective covering

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Adult scale insects form a grayish to dark brown protective covering called a test that resembles an oyster or mussel shell.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

The pictures show a protective covering marked "Larson".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Normally, barriers exist within the protective covering of the brain, called the meninges, to prevent unwanted spillage into the brain.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

If the egg develops outside the body, it usually has a protective covering over it.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

So close was the range that they had no time to avoid the radio-directed bombs after discovering that their beams were useless against the unknown protective covering of those mirrored shells.

From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)