The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
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A small shield.
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One of the Arthropoda.
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Same as Mollusk.
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One of the Mollusca.
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Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lo…
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The turtledove.
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A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
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The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.
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A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
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A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.
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