"carapax" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈka.ra.paːks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkaː.ra.paks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{la-noun|carapāx<3>|g=m|g2=f}} carapāx m or f (genitive carapācis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|carapāx<3>}} Forms: carapāx [canonical, feminine, masculine], carapācis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], carapāx [nominative, singular], carapācēs [nominative, plural], carapācis [genitive, singular], carapācum [genitive, plural], carapācī [dative, singular], carapācibus [dative, plural], carapācem [accusative, singular], carapācēs [accusative, plural], carapāce [ablative, singular], carapācibus [ablative, plural], carapāx [singular, vocative], carapācēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (zootomy) carapace Tags: declension-3
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          "english": "The plane of the carapace in front of and around the eye tubercle is armed with long and robust teeth, the frontal margin is curved, furnished with seven subvertical teeth.",
          "ref": "1946, Vladimir Šilhavý, “Nový rod a druh sekáčů, Odontosoma centetes, nov. gen., nov. spec. (Opiliones, subfamilia Phalangiinae)”, in Sborník Přírodovëdeckého klubu v Třebíči za rok 1939-1944. (overall work in Czech and Latin), Třebíč, page 56 of 55-57:",
          "text": "Planum carapacis ante et circa tuber oculorum longis et robustus dentibus armatum, margo frontalis curvatus, septem dentibus sulbverticalibus^([sic]) instructus.",
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          "text": "Multiplicatio zoosporis, quae ad carapaces Daphniarum assident.",
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