Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Calipash

Calipash , noun

[French carapace, Sp. carapacho. Cf Calarash, Carapace.]

A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.