carapace

IPA: kɑrɑpˈɑtʃi

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
in figurative use

Examples of "carapace" in Sentences

The arachnid’s carapace is too tough, however, and his weapon glances off uselessly.
He was a blue lobster, and his carapace was the color of a beautiful deep midnight frost.
That's when that one claw grows really big and the main carapace grows into a very bulbous shape.
If the carapace is shorter than the gauge, the lobster must immediately be released back to the water.
They get to about 50 cm in carapace length and have three low keels running the length of the carapace.
Soft-shell turtles actually do have a shell, called a carapace, that is not as hard as those on other turtles.