Meaning | Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles. |
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Synonyms | shell, cuticle, shield |
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Part of | arthropod | invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin |
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mollusk, mollusc, shellfish | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell |
turtle | Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming / swimming |
Narrower | cuticula | The outer body wall of an insect |
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Broader | scute | large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake |
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Substances | shell | The material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals |
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Spanish | caparazón, carapacho, concha, cutícula |
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Catalan | closca, cutícula |
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