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sclerite

sclerite noun: a hardened body part, especially in arthropod exoskeletons.

Noun

sclerite (plural sclerites)

  1. A hardened body part, especially in arthropod exoskeletons.

sclerite meaning in Tamil

sclerite in Tamil

கடினத்தகடு, தகடு, நுண்முள், வன்கோது

Forms of sclerite

pluralsclerites

Origin of sclerite

From sclero- + -ite.

Words formed from sclerite

Questions about sclerite

What does sclerite mean?
Sclerite means a hardened body part, especially in arthropod exoskeletons.
What is sclerite in Tamil?
Sclerite in Tamil is கடினத்தகடு, தகடு, நுண்முள். See Sclerite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sclerite?
Sclerite is a noun.
What is the plural of sclerite?
The plural of sclerite is sclerites.

Words near sclerite in the dictionary

  1. sclerification
  2. sclerifications
  3. sclerified
  4. sclerine
  5. sclerines
  6. sclerite
  7. sclerites
  8. scleritic
  9. scleritis
  10. scleritome
  11. scleritomes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sclerite (page history and authors); sclerite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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