carapacelike

English

Etymology

carapace +‎ -like

Adjective

carapacelike (comparative more carapacelike, superlative most carapacelike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a carapace.
   • 2007 October 15, Jennifer Dunning, “An Excursion in Butoh, From Stark to Slapstick”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Then they become sashaying runway models and later giggling friends, eventually succeeded by a mysterious creature who is revealed to be a woman hidden in a carapacelike coat.