sclerodermite
English edit
Etymology edit
From sclero- + Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma) + -ite.
Noun edit
sclerodermite (plural sclerodermites)
- (zoology) The hard integument of crustaceans.
- Synonym: sclerenchyma
Related terms edit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sclerodermite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)