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ectoskeleton

ectoskeleton is the alternative form of exoskeleton.

Meaning of exoskeleton

Noun

exoskeleton (plural exoskeletons or exoskeleta)

  1. A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.
    • This is the case not only with all forms provided with exoskeleta and endoskeleta, into the composition of which lime largely enters, but also with those which exercise the precipitating effect on the calcium salts they absorb from sea water, the precipitation rarely going so far as to form a...1903 January 17, A[rchibald] B[yron] Macallum, “The Palæochemistry of the Ocean in Relation to Animal and Vegetable Protoplasm”, in Transactions of the Canadian Institute, volume VII, Toronto, Ont....
  2. A wearable robotic machine used for aided or augmented mobility.

Forms of ectoskeleton

pluralectoskeletons

Questions about ectoskeleton

What is ectoskeleton the alternative form of?
Ectoskeleton is the alternative form of exoskeleton.

Words near ectoskeleton in the dictionary

  1. Ectors
  2. ectosagittal
  3. ectosarc
  4. ectosarcs
  5. ectoskeletal
  6. ectoskeleton
  7. ectoskeletons
  8. ectosomal
  9. ectosome
  10. ectosomes
  11. ectospermalege

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