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From French carapace, from Portuguese carapaça (“carapace, shell”).
- IPA(key): [karaˈpat͡so]
- Rhymes: -at͡so
- Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧pa‧co
karapaco (accusative singular karapacon, plural karapacoj, accusative plural karapacojn)
- carapace (hard protective covering of bone or chitin covering the dorsal portion of an animal)