Carapace
noun
The hard shield or shell covering the back of animals such as turtles, armadillos, or crabs.
The tortoise pulled its head and legs into its carapace as a defence mechanism.
Often appears as...
- carapace of a turtle
- hard carapace
noun
Something acting as a protective cover or shell.
The bomb was hidden within a carapace of concrete to contain the explosion.
Often appears as...
- carapace of concrete
- metallic carapace
noun
The hard shield or shell covering the back of animals such as turtles, armadillos, or crabs.
The tortoise pulled its head and legs into its carapace as a defence mechanism.
Often appears as...
- carapace of a turtle
- hard carapace
noun
Something acting as a protective cover or shell.
The bomb was hidden within a carapace of concrete to contain the explosion.
Often appears as...
- carapace of concrete
- metallic carapace
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Biological Context
Primarily used to describe the protective part of an animal's body; often related to biology.
In biology class, we learned that a lobster's carapace is its main defense against predators.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Hard
While typically hard, carapaces can vary in flexibility depending on the animal species.
Unlike the rigid carapace of a tortoise, the carapace of a leatherback turtle is somewhat flexible.
Pro Tip 3/3Visibly Distinct
A carapace is usually a distinct and visible part of an animal's body covering the upper section.
When you see a crab, the carapace is the upper, dome-shaped part of its body.
Pro Tip 1/3Biological Context
Primarily used to describe the protective part of an animal's body; often related to biology.
In biology class, we learned that a lobster's carapace is its main defense against predators.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Hard
While typically hard, carapaces can vary in flexibility depending on the animal species.
Unlike the rigid carapace of a tortoise, the carapace of a leatherback turtle is somewhat flexible.
Pro Tip 3/3Visibly Distinct
A carapace is usually a distinct and visible part of an animal's body covering the upper section.
When you see a crab, the carapace is the upper, dome-shaped part of its body.
Pro Tip 1/3Biological Context
Primarily used to describe the protective part of an animal's body; often related to biology.
In biology class, we learned that a lobster's carapace is its main defense against predators.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Hard
While typically hard, carapaces can vary in flexibility depending on the animal species.
Unlike the rigid carapace of a tortoise, the carapace of a leatherback turtle is somewhat flexible.
Pro Tip 3/3Visibly Distinct
A carapace is usually a distinct and visible part of an animal's body covering the upper section.
When you see a crab, the carapace is the upper, dome-shaped part of its body.
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The Sea Turtles of...
about loggerhead sea turtles, because they've got fascinating life histories, haven't they? Yes, they do. Well, sea turtles, they have a really thick shell and the top part is called a carapace. So I've actually brought part of a skeleton here and we can see this is the top part of the shell part of it, and what's interesting is that the ribs are actually fused to the shell. So these are actually the ribs here and that makes them susceptible to anything that could encounter them. Evolutionary speaking, it's very, very nice it's a hard shell of armour and now with humans, things can be a little bit more difficult for them with these shells.
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Beyond the edge of the...
their bacteria on the outside they're basically farming the bacteria and picking them up with their mouth parts are stuffing the bacteria in their mouth I was feeding that way but what's particular about these guys is they don't have ice box like being a little instead they have these patches on their back organs underneath their carapace
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Sea Turtles 101 PIPE...
Named Desmatochelys padillai, it was six feet long and had the characteristic features of modern sea turtles including a carapace, or a top shell, and paddle-like limbs. Today, there are seven species of sea turtles with the largest being the leatherback. Growing as long as eight feet
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How turtle shells...
and help them turn right-side up if they fall on their backs. Leatherback and softshell turtles have shells without the ring of bone around the edge of the carapace or the tough scutes covering it, making it easier for them to squeeze into tight spaces.
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Michael Dickinson: How a...
But I'm talking about the crabs actually doing the chewing. Crab chewing is actually really fascinating. Crabs have this complicated structure under their carapace called the gastric mill that grinds their food in a variety of different ways.
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
are you typically aren't quite round having a sort of carapace like that with little and what would you call that I don't even know what words I'm trying to find today but it's got sort of a very bumpy back and it's got a long proboscis
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Over 100,000 Sea Turtles...
turtles as possible before we release the turtle we've been drying the carapace and using spray-paint to mark a line either horizontally or vertically on the carapace depending on the treatment and
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The Sting of Doom PIPE...
leash she lays an egg on the roaches underside and buries her work about two days later the egg hatches into a larva that punches a hole through the roaches carapace and starts feeding the roach is
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
branch itself to smash the insects on the branch if it's a bee help to remove the sting or if it is some form of hard shelled insect use the branch to sort of break the carapace
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The Secret World of...
buried stone and sits motionless a few minutes later the carapace above the thorax begins to split and the dragonfly begins to ease itself out of the nymphs exoskeleton
Video examples
The Sea Turtles of...
about loggerhead sea turtles, because they've got fascinating life histories, haven't they? Yes, they do. Well, sea turtles, they have a really thick shell and the top part is called a carapace. So I've actually brought part of a skeleton here and we can see this is the top part of the shell part of it, and what's interesting is that the ribs are actually fused to the shell. So these are actually the ribs here and that makes them susceptible to anything that could encounter them. Evolutionary speaking, it's very, very nice it's a hard shell of armour and now with humans, things can be a little bit more difficult for them with these shells.
Video examples
Beyond the edge of the...
their bacteria on the outside they're basically farming the bacteria and picking them up with their mouth parts are stuffing the bacteria in their mouth I was feeding that way but what's particular about these guys is they don't have ice box like being a little instead they have these patches on their back organs underneath their carapace
Video examples
Sea Turtles 101 PIPE...
Named Desmatochelys padillai, it was six feet long and had the characteristic features of modern sea turtles including a carapace, or a top shell, and paddle-like limbs. Today, there are seven species of sea turtles with the largest being the leatherback. Growing as long as eight feet
Video examples
How turtle shells...
and help them turn right-side up if they fall on their backs. Leatherback and softshell turtles have shells without the ring of bone around the edge of the carapace or the tough scutes covering it, making it easier for them to squeeze into tight spaces.
Video examples
Michael Dickinson: How a...
But I'm talking about the crabs actually doing the chewing. Crab chewing is actually really fascinating. Crabs have this complicated structure under their carapace called the gastric mill that grinds their food in a variety of different ways.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
are you typically aren't quite round having a sort of carapace like that with little and what would you call that I don't even know what words I'm trying to find today but it's got sort of a very bumpy back and it's got a long proboscis
Video examples
Over 100,000 Sea Turtles...
turtles as possible before we release the turtle we've been drying the carapace and using spray-paint to mark a line either horizontally or vertically on the carapace depending on the treatment and
Video examples
The Sting of Doom PIPE...
leash she lays an egg on the roaches underside and buries her work about two days later the egg hatches into a larva that punches a hole through the roaches carapace and starts feeding the roach is
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
branch itself to smash the insects on the branch if it's a bee help to remove the sting or if it is some form of hard shelled insect use the branch to sort of break the carapace
Video examples
The Secret World of...
buried stone and sits motionless a few minutes later the carapace above the thorax begins to split and the dragonfly begins to ease itself out of the nymphs exoskeleton
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Virginia Henley
British Writer
To have a successful writing career, you must be willing to sacrifice a great deal. The book, the deadline come first before anything else. Writing is not a job; it is a lifestyle, and it is a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows. You need self-confidence and an iron carapace.
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Antony Gormley
British Artist
The very first lead work that I made is called 'Land Sea and Air,' and is the enclosure of primal elements within that kind of carapace of lead.
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Marshall McLuhan
Canadian Sociologist
The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.
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Virginia Henley
British Writer
To have a successful writing career, you must be willing to sacrifice a great deal. The book, the deadline come first before anything else. Writing is not a job; it is a lifestyle, and it is a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows. You need self-confidence and an iron carapace.
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Antony Gormley
British Artist
The very first lead work that I made is called 'Land Sea and Air,' and is the enclosure of primal elements within that kind of carapace of lead.
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Marshall McLuhan
Canadian Sociologist
The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.
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