EXOSKELETON


Meaning of EXOSKELETON in English

— exoskeletal , adj.

/ek'soh skel"i tn/ , n. Zool.

an external covering or integument, esp. when hard, as the shells of crustaceans (opposed to endoskeleton ).

[ 1840-50; EXO- + SKELETON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .