carapacelike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

carapace +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

carapacelike (comparative more carapacelike, superlative most carapacelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a carapace.
    • 2007 October 15, Jennifer Dunning, “An Excursion in Butoh, From Stark to Slapstick”, in New York Times[1]:
      Then they become sashaying runway models and later giggling friends, eventually succeeded by a mysterious creature who is revealed to be a woman hidden in a carapacelike coat.