Exoskeleton

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A hard outer structure, such as the shell of an insect or crustacean, that provides protection or support for an organism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoology and anatomy, any structure produced by the hardening of the integument, as the shells of crustaceans or the scales and plates of fishes and reptiles, especially when such modified integument is of the nature of bone, as the carapace of a turtle or the plates of a sturgeon; the dermoskeleton: opposed to endoskeleton.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    frame    body covering    skeleton    skeletal system    systema skeletale   
    Cross Reference
    endoskeleton   
    Hyponym
    plastron   
    Form
    exoskeletal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dermoskeleton   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    gelatin    skeleton   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    carapace    chitin    faceplate    cuticle   
     
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