Carapace

//ˈkæ.ɹəˌpeɪs//

"Carapace" in a Sentence (3 examples)

In the terrarium lived a millipede with a shiny carapace.

So, little by little, youth loosens the hard carapace of confining custom their elders have built over the human heart.

This is all a massive failure of science to pierce the carapace of public ignorance.

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