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Definition of Sclerite
1. Noun. Hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods.
Definition of Sclerite
1. n. A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
Definition of Sclerite
1. Noun. (biology) A hardened body part, especially in arthropod exoskeletons. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sclerite
1. one of the hard plates forming the outer covering of an arthropod [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sclerite
1. A hard plate or spicule which may be composed of chitin or calcium carbonate, often refers to the rigid parts of the arthropod (insects, crustaceans, etc.) exoskeleton. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sclerite
Literary usage of Sclerite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1896)
"what was originally a single sclerite, while the condition in D. ... The ventral
sclerite is wide, short, and only slightly ..."
2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1905)
"The sclerite is a thickening of the intima of the oesophagus and is not a
hypopharynx in the sense in which this term is used in insect anatomy. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The only other attachment aside from the soft articular membrane is a median
floating sclerite capping the larger part of the end of the cavity of the foot ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"It is this sclerite which has been called in the monographs of the European
writers the ... It is this sclerite, too, undoubtedly, which is the subject of ..."
5. The Journal of Economic Biology by Walter Edward Collinge, A. H. Reginald Buller, George Herbert Carpenter, Robert Newstead, Arthur Everett Shipley (1908)
"They lie parallel, and are attached by their proximal ends to the U-shaped
hypostomal sclerite (ns). A pair of irregular dentate sclerites (ds} articulate ..."
6. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"It is not a definite sclerite; but the term vertex is a very useful one and will
... When a distinct sclerite, it is formed from the tergal portion of the ..."
7. New Mallophaga by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Robert E. Snodgrass (1896)
"It is this sclerite which has been called in the monographs of the European ...
It is this sclerite, too, undoubtedly, which is the subject of ..."
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