carapace
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles • Syn: shell, cuticle, shield • Derivationally related forms: cuticular (for: cuticle) • Hypernyms: scute • Hyponyms: cuticula • Part Holonyms: mollusk, mollusc, shellfish, arthropod, turtle • Substance Meronyms: shell
|
|