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Noun Concept
Categories: Animal anatomy, Articles with short description, Arthropod anatomy
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carapace  shell  cuticle  shield  arthropod cuticle
EN
Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles WordNet 3.0
English:
insect
insect anatomy
arthropod
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Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A carapace is a dorsal section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. Wikipedia
The cuticle forms the major part of the integument of animals in the phylum Arthropoda. Wikipedia
The major part of the integument, including most of the exoskeleton, of the Arthropoda Wikipedia Disambiguation
Part of exoskeleton in some animals Wikidata
A hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk. OmegaWiki
The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle. Wiktionary
IS A
scute
armor
HAS PART
spiracle
PART OF
arthropod
mollusk
turtle
exoskeleton
HAS KIND
cuticula
turtle shell
arthropods' carapace
DERIVATION
cuticular
SUBSTANCE MERONYM
shell
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
carapace, shell, cuticle, shield
Wikipedia
EN
arthropod cuticle, carapace
Wikidata
EN
arthropod cuticle, carapace
Wiktionary
EN
shell
OmegaWiki
EN
shell
Wikipedia Redirections
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carapaces, Carapice, Cement layer, cephalic shield, cuticle (arthropod), cuticulin, endocuticle, epicuticle, exocuticle, insect cuticle, procuticle, Wax layer

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