carapace

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
  2. (figuratively) That which protects.

Έννοιες

κέλυφος

καύκαλο

όστρακο

καύκαλο χελώνας

σκέπασμα

καβούκι

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈkɛɹ.əˌpeɪs/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

Borrowed from French carapace (“tortoise shell”), from Spanish carapacho, of unknown origin, but likely from an extinct Ibero-Mediterranean substrate language. Compare Catalan carabassa, Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”), Latin scarabaeus (the source of scarab); also Spanish galápago (“kind of turtle”). Doublet of calipash.

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