noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hardened body part, especially in arthropod exoskeletons.
2. 2
   hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods wordnet

Etymology

From sclero- + -ite.

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