sclerite noun. ['sklɪǝrʌɪt, 'sklɛ-] M19.
[from Greek sklēros hard + -ITE¹.]
Zoology. Each of the distinct units into which the exoskeleton of various animals is divided; esp. each of the chitinous plates joined by membranes to form the skeleton of an arthropod.

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