selkäkilpi — meaning in English

English meaning

• carapace noun A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
• gladius noun A Roman sword roughly two feet long.
• pen noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
• quill noun The hollow central shaft of a bird's feather.

Senses

selkäkilpi is used for these senses in English:

• carapace A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
• gladius (zoology) A pen, a hard internal bodypart of certain cephalopods, made of chitin-like material.
• pen (zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
• quill (zoology) The pen of a squid.
• quill Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.

carapace — full definition

1. noun A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
2. noun That which protects.

gladius — full definition

1. noun A Roman sword roughly two feet long.
2. noun A pen, a hard internal bodypart of certain cephalopods, made of chitin-like material.

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