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Dossière

English translation: carapace


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French term or phrase:Dossière
English translation:carapace
Entered by: jenbikkal
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00:26 Feb 27, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Livestock / Animal Husbandry / Turtles
French term or phrase: Dossière
Le corps des Cheloniidae ou tortues marines à écailles, est enfermé dans une véritable boîte osseuse appelée carapace avec une partie dorsale (*dossière*) et une partie ventrale (plastron) reliées par un pont de chaque côté.

I found that "plastron" is the same in English, but cannot seem to get my hands on the term defining the back of the turtle's shell.
jenbikkal
Local time: 14:41
carapace
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle
The upper shell of the turtle is called the carapace.

More familiarly known as the 'shell'.
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xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 14:41
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3carapacexxxmediamatrix
3back (vs ventral)xxxR.C.
Summary of reference entries provided
Turtle shell parts named
Travelin Ann

  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
dossière
carapace


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle
The upper shell of the turtle is called the carapace.

More familiarly known as the 'shell'.

xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! How funny that the answer was right in front of me the whole time. I suppose I was looking for a more complex term.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jeux de Mots: Carapace is fine. No repetition as I assume the French 'carapace' would be translated by shell.
6 hrs
agree  John Speese: That's the way I'd handle it; carapace in French does have a more general meaning (shell) than it does in English (the top shell).
16 hrs
agree  Isabelle O'Neill: d'accord - voici un dessin intéressant : http://www.turtlepuddle.org/health/anatomy.html
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
back (vs ventral)


Explanation:
a less technical word, like dossier, so that you can use carapace somewhere else without too many repetitions

xxxR.C.
Local time: 20:41
Native speaker of: Italian
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Reference: Turtle shell parts named

Reference information:
The Plastron is the ventral (bottom) portion of a turtle's shell (under the abdomen)

The Carapace is the dorsal (top) portion of the turtle shell (over the back)


    Reference: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_names_for_the_top_and...
Travelin Ann
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Native speaker of: English
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