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SCLERITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sclerite mean?
• SCLERITE (noun)
The noun SCLERITE has 1 sense:
1. hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods
Familiarity information: SCLERITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("sclerite" is a kind of...):
protective covering (the tough natural covering of some organisms)
Holonyms ("sclerite" is a part of...):
arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)
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