Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - carapace
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Carapace
carapace
(carapaces) 1. A carapace is the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs. (FORMAL) N-COUNT 2. You can refer to an attitude that someone has in order to protect themselves as their carapace. (LITERARY) The arrogance became his protective carapace. N-COUNT: usu with supp
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1.
noun Etymology: French, from Spanish carapacho Date: 1836 1. a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (as a turtle or crab) 2. a protective, decorative, or disguising shell the ~ of reserve he built around himself — M. M. Mintz ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. the hard upper shell of a tortoise or a crustacean. Etymology: F f. Sp. carapacho ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n technical a hard shell on the outside of some animals such as crabs or tortoises, that protects them ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1836, from Fr. carapace "tortoise shell," from Port. carapaзa, of uncertain origin. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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