SCLERITE

Meaning of SCLERITE in English

Pronunciation: ' skler- ˌ ī t

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1861

: a hard chitinous or calcareous plate, piece, or spicule (as of the arthropod integument)

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SCLERITE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1861 a hard chitinous or calcareous plate, piece, or spicule (as of the arthropod …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCLERITE — ˈskliˌrīt, ˈskleˌr- noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary scler- + -ite : a hard chitinous or calcareous plate, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCLERITE — (n.) A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
Английский словарь Webster
SCLERITE — ( n. ) A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCLERITE — — scleritic /skli rit"ik/ , adj. /sklear"uyt, skler"-/ , n. Zool. any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, …
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SCLERITE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1861 : a hard chitinous or calcareous plate, piece, or spicule (as of the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCLERITE — noun a hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the alcyonaria.
Webster English vocab
SCLERITE — [ 'sklɪərʌɪt , 'sklɛ- ] ■ noun Zoology a component section of an exoskeleton, especially each of the plates forming …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SCLERITE — [scler.ite] n [ISV] (1861): a hard chitinous or calcareous plate, piece, or spicule (as of the arthropod integument)
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCLERITE — A hardened body wall plate of an insect's exoskeleton, usually separated from other sclerites by a suture or membranous area.
English Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection
SCLERITE — склерит
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SCLERITE — склерит
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PLEURAL SCLERITE — noun : any of several plates of the pleural area of the insect integument
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OCULAR SCLERITE — noun : a narrow circular strip of the insect cranium surrounding the compound eye
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UNGUITRACTOR — -wəˌtraktə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: ungui- + re tractor : a sclerite of the insect pretarsus that is partially …
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PTERALIUM — təˈrālēəm, teˈr- noun ( plural ptera·lia -ēə) Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek pteron feather, wing : a sclerite in …
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PROSTHECA — präsˈthēkə noun ( plural prosthe·cae -ē(ˌ)sē ; or prosthecas -ēkəz) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek prosthēkē appendage, addition, from prostithenai …
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PRESTERNUM — “+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from pre- + sternum 1. : the anterior segment of the sternum of a mammal …
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PREPECTUS — (ˈ) ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from pre- + pectus : the anterior marginal sclerite of the episternum of an insect …
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POSTNOTUM — (ˈ) ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from post- + notum : a small dorsal sclerite on the insect thorax posterior to …
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PLANTA — ˈplantə noun ( plural plan·tae -n.ˌtē) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, sole of the foot — more at place 1. …
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PLAGULA — ˈplagyələ noun ( plural plagu·lae -yəˌlē) Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin, curtain, diminutive of plaga covering — more at …
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PARAPTERUM — pəˈraptərəm noun also pa·rap·ter·on -təˌrän, -_rən ( plural parap·tera -tərə ; also parapterons ) Etymology: New Latin, from para- + …
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OPISTHOMERE — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌmi(ə)r noun ( -s ) Etymology: opisth- + -mere : any of several terminal plates of the abdomen of the …
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LORUM — ˈlōrəm, ˈlȯr- noun ( plural lo·ra -rə) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, strap — more at lore 1. : lore …
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LABIUM
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HYPOGLOTTIS — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈgläd.ə̇s noun Etymology: Greek hypoglōttis, from hypo- + glōtta, glōssa tongue 1. : the underpart of the tongue 2. : …
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FRONS — ˈfränz noun ( plural fron·tes -n.ˌtēz) Etymology: Latin 1. : forehead 2. [New Latin, from Latin] : the upper anterior …
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EPISTERNUM — |epə̇, |epē+ noun ( plural episterna ) Etymology: New Latin, from epi- + sternum 1. a. : interclavicle b. : …
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EPIMERON — ˌepəˈmiˌrän noun ( plural epime·ra -irə) Etymology: New Latin, from epi- + -meron (from Greek mēros thigh) — more at …
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ENDOSCLERITE — |en(ˌ)dō+ noun Etymology: end- + sclerite : a sclerite that is part of the internal skeleton of an insect or …
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STERNITE — — sternitic /steuhr nit"ik/ , adj. /sterr"nuyt/ , n. Entomol. a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, esp. a …
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