CALIPASH

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CALIPASH and CALIPEE (possibly connected with

carapace

CARAPACE (a Fr. word, from the Span. carapacho, a
shield
- SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
- SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)
or armour)

, the upper

shell

SHELL
SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to
peel
- PEEL
- PEEL, ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL, 1ST
  VISCOUNT
  - VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)
  (1829- )
- ROBERT
  _BART.html">PEEL, SIR
  ROBERT
  , BART
off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

of a turtle), the gelatinous substances in the upper and

lower

LOWER

shells, respectively, of the turtle, the calipash being of a dull greenish and the calipee of a

light

LIGHT

yellow

colour

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

.

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