carapaça

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French carapace, from Spanish carapacho.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾaˈpa.sɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾaˈpa.sa/

  • Rhymes: -asɐ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧pa‧ça

Noun

carapaça f (plural carapaças) (zootomy)

  2. carapace (dorsal part of a turtle's shell)
    Holonym: casco
  3. shell (external covering of crustaceans)
    Synonym: casca
  4. shell (exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects)
    Synonym: casca
    Near-synonyms: exoesqueleto, élitro

References

  1. ^ “carapaça” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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