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Example sentences for "carapaces"

Lexicographically close words:
carafes; carak; caramel; caramels; carapace; carat; carats; caravan; caravans; caravansaries
  1. Half-inch-thick wing-cases of dead beetles and the cleaned-out carapaces of other giants.

  2. Their carapaces were waist-high to Burl when they crawled.

  3. The blotched pattern (of lichenlike figures) is evident on the carapaces of most females that have plastra so long as 8.

  4. The carapaces are dark tan or gray having pale rims 3.

  5. The carapaces of specimens of muticus exceeding plastral lengths of 8.

  6. White spots occur on the carapaces anteriorly and posteriorly, the larger (more posterior) of which are encircled with dusky ocelli.

  7. Bayou Gauche in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, are juvenal males that combine the characteristics of pallidus and hartwegi; the carapaces are covered with blackish spots and posteriorly have distinct whitish dots.

  8. Ontogenetically muticus varies least and ferox most; large specimens of ferox have narrower carapaces than muticus of corresponding size.

  9. It would have been difficult to capture these valuable reptiles, because they wake up at the slightest sound, and their solid carapaces are harpoon-proof.

  10. Attached to, and generally imbedded in, the carapaces of turtles.

  11. The carapaces of giant tortoises as much as 3 feet long have been collected from Pliocene rocks in the Palo Duro area.

  12. It would be like the dwelling of a Polypus, which is marked by the numerous carapaces of crabs and shells which strew the neighbourhood.

  13. The surfaces that had been the smooth metallic carapaces with the tiny eyes deep within them, crumbled beneath the lightest blow.


  14. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "carapaces" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.