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sclerite definition

scle·rite (sklir′īt′)

noun

any of the hard plates forming the exoskeleton of arthropods

Etymology: scler(o)- + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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