There are many wax glands which result in forming a turtle-like wax shell on the dorsal surface.

预蛹和蛹不再取食，虫体隐藏在白色的半透明蜡壳内。

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By repeating technological tests and batch production tests for over a year, the fused silica was successfully used in the production of silica sol shell for low temperature wax precision casting.

经过反复的工艺试验及一年多批量生产验证，成功地将熔融石英应用于精铸用低温蜡—硅溶胶型壳生产中。

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Shell, which supplied both them and Dr Oldenburg and Dr Brune with the wax for their experiments, has changed the formula over the years.

ECONOMIST: Geophysics

He had collapsed between wicker sofa and African coffee table, his legs hairless and white as wax, his stomach a great pale mound, and his face as pinched and pink as crab shell.

NEWYORKER: The Valetudinarian