In the terrarium lived a millipede with a shiny carapace.
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Carapace
//ˈkæ.ɹəˌpeɪs//
Synonyms for "carapace" (21 found)
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46 translations across 27 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- rugdop noun (hard protective covering)
- rugskild noun (hard protective covering)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кору́ба noun (hard protective covering)
- черу́пка noun (hard protective covering)
Catalan
2 entries- closca noun (hard protective covering)
- clotxa noun (hard protective covering)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 甲殼 /甲壳 noun (hard protective covering)
Czech
3 entries- karapax noun (hard protective covering)
- krunýř noun (hard protective covering)
- štít noun (hard protective covering)
Dutch
2 entries- carapax noun (hard protective covering)
- schild noun (hard protective covering)
Esperanto
1 entries- karapaco noun (hard protective covering)
Finnish
3 entries- kilpi noun (hard protective covering)
- panssari noun (hard protective covering)
- selkäkilpi noun (hard protective covering)
French
1 entries- carapace noun (hard protective covering)
German
4 entries- Carapax noun (hard protective covering)
- Rückenpanzer noun (hard protective covering)
- Rückenschild noun (hard protective covering)
- Schale noun (hard protective covering)
Greek
2 entries- κέλυφος noun (hard protective covering)
- καύκαλο noun (hard protective covering)
Icelandic
2 entries- bakskjöldur noun (hard protective covering)
- skel noun (hard protective covering)
Irish
1 entries- casóg noun (hard protective covering)
Italian
2 entries- carapace noun (hard protective covering)
- esoscheletro noun (hard protective covering)
Japanese
1 entries- 甲羅 noun (hard protective covering)
Kapampangan
1 entries- talukab noun (hard protective covering)
Korean
1 entries- 갑각 noun (hard protective covering)
Malay
2 entries- karapas noun (hard protective covering)
- کاراڤس noun (hard protective covering)
Polish
1 entries- karapaks noun (hard protective covering)
Portuguese
1 entries- carapaça noun (hard protective covering)
Quechua
1 entries- mayt'una noun (hard protective covering)
Romanian
1 entries- carapace noun (hard protective covering)
Russian
4 entries- карапа́кс noun (hard protective covering)
- па́нцирь noun (hard protective covering)
- щит noun (hard protective covering)
- щито́к noun (hard protective covering)
Spanish
2 entries- caparazón noun (hard protective covering)
- carapacho noun (hard protective covering)
Thai
1 entries- กระดอง noun (hard protective covering)
Turkish
1 entries- kabuk noun (hard protective covering)
Welsh
1 entries- argragen noun (hard protective covering)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
So, little by little, youth loosens the hard carapace of confining custom their elders have built over the human heart.
Source: wiktionary
This is all a massive failure of science to pierce the carapace of public ignorance.
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