These protective plates allow the individual a fair measure of protection against its natural predators.

The dorsal surface of the razorfish is covered by protective bony plates.

He now also has protective plates form around his body, but is unable to retract them.

Rows of protective plates covering its back formed a defensive shield.

The pangolin's protective plates as the armor of a Christian soldier?

She ordered them to strip the protective plates from all the consoles and selected portions of the deck.

At the nape of the neck were protective plates of silver, no wider than a man's thumb.

More bullets gnawed at him, pounding their way through his protective plates.

His face looks like a helmet, eyes sunk beneath protective plates of bone.

He approached the furnace, touched a foot control, and the protective plate slid aside.