carapace

The carapace would go first, long before the body of the vehicle.

He took another long look at the carapace, and then nodded.

I slept for five hours, put on the carapace, went back to work.

Nothing alive and warm could make its way in through my carapace.

And then it would be a question of how fast his carapace allowed him to run.

The common name comes from the usually green fat found beneath its carapace.

Behind the carapace, on either side of it, huge compound eyes looked out.

There is a spine under the eye on the carapace.

Its bronze carapace might have been a thousand years old.

He paused, looking down at the carapace that covered his hand.

She shot it, but its tough carapace absorbed most of the energy.

The dome of the carapace showed less high above the surface.

The whole carapace is orange, with a black fringe around the eyes.

The late winter's light on her hair made it seem hard, like a carapace or some sort of weapon.

"Their carapace protects them against many things that would kill others."

They seemed not to have eyes, just the crystal carapaces that saw better than any human vision.

It has a yellowish carapace with a black line all around.

Beneath the carapace, it looks quite similar to a large spider.

His carapace rattled as he looked up at me, startled.

The metal of their carapaces would be recycled into weapons.

It did not yet have a solid carapace as most other turtles do.

The front corners of the carapace are developed into three strong teeth on each side.

The front edge of the carapace has five teeth on either side, with the first two being smaller than the others.

The female is larger than the male, and has a deeper carapace.

They are about one and a half times as long as the carapace.