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The correct answer is shell.
  
Carapace
  
A. shell 
B. measured step 
C. small, light, fast ship 
D. auto parkade 
The correct answer is (A) Shell (of a crab, lobster, tortoise, etc.); the bony shield covering part or most of a crab, lobster, turtle, etc. 
 
Carapace comes from Spanish carapacho
 
Examples of use:
 
- Its carapace protects the turtle from many would-be predators.
 - I prefer to have any carapace removed before the seafood is served.
  
  
   
 
 
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