CARAPACE
An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 3
n. Ka2r'a3-pas. Lat., cara ce. Fr., c. Ger., Riickenschild. In general, any hard envelope protecting the body of an animal; in the chelonians, the o eous envelope derived from THE CARAPACE OF A LOBSTER. (AFTER S. H. STEVENS ON.) the ribs, also the dorsal horny shell: in the crustaceans, the chitino-calcareous shell covering the skin, especially of the cephalo thorax. [A, 385; B, 38; L, 41.] [s. 77]
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