单词 | carapace |
释义 | carapace[ kar-uh-peys ] / ˈkær əˌpeɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR carapace ON THESAURUS.COM nouna bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle. Origin of carapace1830–40; <French <Spanish carapacho, of obscure origin OTHER WORDS FROM carapacecar·a·paced, adjectivecar·a·pa·cial [kar-uh-pey-shuhl], /ˌkær əˈpeɪ ʃəl/, adjectiveWords nearby carapacecaramel, caramelize, carangid, carangoid, carapa, carapace, carat, Caratacus, Caratinga, Caravaggio, caravan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for carapaceBritish Dictionary definitions for carapacecarapace / (ˈkærəˌpeɪs) / nounthe thick hard shield, made of chitin or bone, that covers part of the body of crabs, lobsters, tortoises, etc Word Origin for carapaceC19: from French, from Spanish carapacho, of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for carapacecarapace [ kăr′ə-pās′ ] A hard outer covering or shell made of bone or chitin on the back of animals such as turtles, armadillos, lobsters, and crabs. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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