carapacelike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a carapace.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English carapace →
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Meanings

adjectivecarapacelike (comparative more carapacelike, superlative most carapacelike)

comparative more carapacelike · superlative most carapacelike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a carapace.

    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.

    2007 October 15, Jennifer Dunning, “An Excursion in Butoh, From Stark to Slapstick”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Spanishcarapacho
  2. Frenchcarapace
  3. Englishcarapace
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. Englishcarapacelike

From carapace + -like.

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APA

carapacelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carapacelike

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“carapacelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carapacelike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carapacelike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carapacelike.

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