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The phrase "a carapace of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used metaphorically to describe a protective layer or covering, often in a figurative sense relating to emotions or behavior.
Example: "She presented a carapace of confidence, hiding her insecurities beneath the surface."
Alternatives: "a shell of" or "a layer of".
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It was a carapace of ice.
Iraq is a carapace of tyranny that hides an utter void.
We wake to find the skylights covered in snow and a carapace of ice.
But that female yearning for something softer or sweeter was hidden behind a carapace of cloth.
Namba was barely alive and Hutchinson had to peel a carapace of ice from her face to examine her.
Erie has a carapace of wariness and cynicism protecting his naive heart, yet Whitaker can only play the heart beneath.
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Adult females with a carapace length of 1.9 2.6 mm and parthenogenetic embryos of developmental stage 2 [ 138] were used.
A male of 149 mm cw has a carapace lenght of 70 mm.
The eggs are larger than in other gecarcinid species and consequently fewer in number; females with a carapace width of 94 mm had a mean fecundity of 72,000.
The minimum size is a carapace length of, measured along the midline from the rear of the eye socket between the horns, to the end of the carapace.
It grows to a carapace width of 90 mm, and feeds on a variety of molluscs, worms and small crustaceans, potentially impacting a number of fisheries.
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