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A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
That which protects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shell, cuticle, shield
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scute
Narrower terms: cuticula
Etymology tree substrateder.? Spanish carapachobor. French carapacebor. English carapace Borrowed from French carapace (“tortoise shell”), from Spanish carapacho, of unknown origin, but likely from an extinct Ibero-Mediterranean substrate language. Compare Catalan carabassa, Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”), Latin scarabaeus (the source of scarab); also Spanish galápago (“kind of turtle”). Doublet of calipash.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
rugdop
— hard protective covering
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Afrikaans:
rugskild
— hard protective covering
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Asturian:
cascu
— hard protective covering
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Bulgarian:
черу́пка
(čerúpka)
— hard protective covering
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Bulgarian:
кору́ба
(korúba)
— hard protective covering
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Catalan:
closca
— hard protective covering
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Catalan:
clotxa
— hard protective covering
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Chinese Mandarin:
甲殼 /甲壳
(jiǎké, jiǎqiào)
— hard protective covering
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Czech:
štít
— hard protective covering
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Czech:
krunýř
— hard protective covering
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Czech:
karapax
— hard protective covering
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Dutch:
carapax
— hard protective covering
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Dutch:
schild
— hard protective covering
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Esperanto:
karapaco
— hard protective covering
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Finnish:
kilpi
— hard protective covering
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Finnish:
selkäkilpi
— hard protective covering
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Finnish:
panssari
— hard protective covering
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French:
carapace
— hard protective covering
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German:
Carapax
— hard protective covering
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German:
Rückenschild
— hard protective covering
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German:
Rückenpanzer
— hard protective covering
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German:
Schale
— hard protective covering
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Greek:
κέλυφος
(kélyfos)
— hard protective covering
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Greek:
καύκαλο
(káfkalo)
— hard protective covering
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Hawaiian:
una
— hard protective covering
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Icelandic:
skel
— hard protective covering
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Icelandic:
bakskjöldur
— hard protective covering
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Irish:
casóg
— hard protective covering
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Italian:
carapace
— hard protective covering
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Italian:
esoscheletro
— hard protective covering
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Japanese:
甲羅
(kōra)
— hard protective covering
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Kapampangan:
talukab
— hard protective covering
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Korean:
갑각
(gapgak)
— hard protective covering
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Latin:
carapāx
— hard protective covering
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Malay:
karapas کاراڤس
— hard protective covering
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Malay:
sisik
— hard protective covering
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Polish:
karapaks
— hard protective covering
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Portuguese:
carapaça
— hard protective covering
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Quechua:
mayt'una
— hard protective covering
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Romanian:
carapace
— hard protective covering
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Russian:
карапа́кс
(karapáks)
— hard protective covering
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Russian:
щито́к
(ščitók)
— hard protective covering
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Russian:
щит
(ščit)
— hard protective covering
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Russian:
па́нцирь
(páncirʹ)
— hard protective covering
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Samoan:
una
— hard protective covering
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Spanish:
carapacho
— hard protective covering
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Spanish:
caparazón
— hard protective covering
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Thai:
กระดอง
(grà-dɔɔng)
— hard protective covering
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Tongan:
ʻuno
— hard protective covering
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Turkish:
kabuk
— hard protective covering
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Welsh:
argragen
— hard protective covering
