📚 Carapace, noun. 🔉 /ˈkarəpeɪs/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: The hard upper shell of a tortoise, crustacean, or arachnid. ❗️ Examples: 1. The study found oil in the carapace of 29 sea turtles that returned to feed in the spill area. 2. The hard carapace or upper shell of some sea turtles acts as a protection from predators. 3. Some have distinctive markings on their heads and on their carapace, or upper shell. 4. These genera have well-ornamented carapaces that exhibit carapace width and length ratios that differ from the other genera within the family. 5. It exhibits the ventral side of the body but the carapace is removed and dorsally visible. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic