sclerite
Americannoun
noun
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any of the hard chitinous plates that make up the exoskeleton of an arthropod
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any calcareous or chitinous part, such as a spicule or plate
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Post-anal sclerite modified as a long, many-jointed feeler.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Opisthosoma without trace of appendages; its posterior somites narrowed to form a movable tail for the support of the post-anal sclerite, which has no poison glands.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
The coxae of the five pairs of limbs following the chelicerae were arranged in a series on each side between the mouth, M, and the metasternites, mets. sf, The sub-frontal median sclerite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Mesepimeron: in Odonata: the sclerite between humeral and first lateral suture.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Subgalea: a maxillary sclerite or segment, attached to the stipes, and bearing the galea or outer lobe.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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