Etymology

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Today it means: The edible greenish material found underneath the upper half of a turtle's carapace (shell). Full definition →

French carapace ← Spanish carapacho
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  1. Spanish · derived fromcarapacho
  2. French · derived fromcarapace
  3. English todaycalipash

From French carapace, Spanish carapacho; further etymology uncertain. Doublet of carapace.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcarapace all →

carapace

Spanishcarapacho all →

carapace

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.