Noun

• S: (n) protective covering, protective cover, protection (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury) "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
• S: (n) protective covering (the tough natural covering of some organisms)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) armor, armour (tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant)
• S: (n) scute (large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake)
• S: (n) carapace, shell, cuticle, shield (hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles)
• S: (n) cuticula (the outer body wall of an insect)
• S: (n) sclerite (hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods)
• S: (n) clypeus (a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term