carapace

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , of origin, but likely from an extinct Ibero-Mediterranean  language.

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Noun

 * 1)  A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: rugdop, rugskild
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, clotxa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: carapax,
 * Esperanto: karapaco
 * Finnish:, selkäkilpi;
 * French:
 * German: Carapax, Rückenschild, Rückenpanzer ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Icelandic: bakskjöldur
 * Irish: casóg
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kapampangan: talukab
 * Korean: 갑각
 * Malay: karapas, کاراڤس
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: mayt'una
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Thai:

Etymology
, of origin.

Noun

 * 1) shell

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) shell