= CARAPACE.

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1847–9.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 10/2. Amœbæ endowed with a power of constructing for themselves a carapax or shelly covering.

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1862.  Dana, Man. Geol., 345. Turtles, or Chelonians.—Body having … a carapax, or shell.

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