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sclerite Zool.|skˈlɪəraɪt|
[f. Gr. σκληρ-ός hard + -ite.]
In the anatomy of invertebrates, each of the definite component portions into which the hard portion of the substance of certain animals is divided.
1861J. R. Greene Cœlent. 161 Five kinds of these spicules, or ‘sclerites’. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 410 [In the cockroach.] On the under side of the lingua are two broader sclerites, which also unite and form an arch. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 141 note, In the neck there are certain chitinous pieces, or cervical sclerites. 1894Athenæum 10 Feb. 184/1 He [M. Laurie] considered the first two ventral sclerites of the abdomen to be appendages and not sternites.
Hence scleˈritic a., pertaining to sclerites; of the nature of a sclerite. |