Definition of Carapaces. Meaning of Carapaces. Synonyms of Carapaces

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Definition of Carapaces

Carapace
Carapace Car"a*pace (k[a^]r"[.a]*p[=a]s), n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.

Meaning of Carapaces from wikipedia

- A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or s**** in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids...
- Expedition (1956–1958) because of the fossil carapaces of small crustaceans found in the exposed rocks. The Carapace Nunatak is an erosional outlier of Jur****ic...
- the Middle Tri****ic, and Eorhynchochelys of the Late Tri****ic lacked carapaces and plastrons but had shortened torsos, expanded ribs, and lengthened...
- clavipes measured 3.5 metres (11 ft) with a carapace length of 1.7 metres (5.6 ft), while the carapaces of other species like G. munizi and G. reticulatus...
- "Multiple carapaces and detached valves." An ostracod. Candona C. altanulaensis Altan Uul IV, Bügiin Tsav, Nemegt "Multiple specimens with carapaces and valves...
- over 40 cm (16 in). They have dark-colored (nearly black), “loaf”-shaped carapaces (top s****) with a lighter patch in the middle of each scute (s**** segment)...
- living sea turtle. Archelon had a leathery carapace instead of the hard s**** seen in most sea turtles. The carapace may have featured a row of small ridges...
- ankylosed (fused). The lateral profile of juvenile carapaces are gently convex into the high-arched carapaces of adults. Another ontogenetic change is in the...
- colour, having an oval carapace with a characteristic "pie crust" edge and black tips to the claws. A mature adult may have a carapace width up to 25 centimetres...
- the Burgess Shale of Canada. They are distinguished by their bivalved carapaces and pair of upward curving grasping frontal appendages. Isoxyids have...