SCLERITE

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 I. (noun) 

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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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