Assertion: tortoise's shell | /r/Synonym | the carapace
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text: The top shell is called the carapace (a dorsal section of an exoskeleton or shell) and the bottom is called the plastron (the nearly flat part of the shell structure).
text: Upper part of the shell (carapace) is brown colored.
text: ’s shell is called a “carapace”.
text: The top shell of a tortoise is called the carapace; the shell that covers a tortoise's belly is called the plastron.
text: The upper shell of the turtle is called the carapace.
text: The upper shell of the turtle is called the carapace.
text: They often get 'stuck' in between rocks and small spaces, but because their shells (carapaces) are so flexible, they can easily squeeze through almost impossible cracks.