sclerite

American  

[skleer-ahyt, skler-] / ˈsklɪər aɪt, ˈsklɛr- /

noun

Zoology.

1. any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.

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sclerite British  

/ ˈsklɪəraɪt /

noun

1. any of the hard chitinous plates that make up the exoskeleton of an arthropod

2. any calcareous or chitinous part, such as a spicule or plate

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Other Word Forms

• scleritic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of sclerite

First recorded in 1860–65; scler- + -ite ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sclerite

Mesepimeron: in Odonata: the sclerite between humeral and first lateral suture.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

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

Plate: any broad flattened piece or sclerite: = squame, in Coccidae.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Terebra: a borer or piercer: an ovipositor fitted for boring or cutting as in saw-flies: a mandibular sclerite articulated to the basalis; forms the point of the structure and = the galea of the maxilla.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Sub-fulcrum: a sclerite between mentum and palpiger: rarely present.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

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