CarapaceWordNet Explorer

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noun

hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

Words in this synset: shell, cuticle, shield
noun

large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake

noun

invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

noun

invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

noun

any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

noun

the outer body wall of an insect

noun

the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

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