carapace
noun
a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle.
carapaced
-
a word derived from
carapace.
Example Sentences
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The turtles saw them, approached them from the front, then shut their eyes so they were completely carapaced and ate them filaments and all.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
