Definitions for sclerite

sclerite scle·rite

Spelling: [skleer-ahyt, skler-]
IPA: /ˈsklɪər aɪt, ˈsklɛr-/

Sclerite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 341 anagrams from letters in sclerite (ceeilrst).

Definitions for sclerite

noun

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

Origin of sclerite

First recorded in 1860-65; scler- + -ite1

Examples for sclerite

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

Platelet: a little plate or sclerite of chitin in a membrane.

Axillary lobe: the sclerite covering the base of the wing in Diptera; see also alula and posterior lobe.

Mesinfraepisternum: a sclerite formed between propleuron, mesepisternum, mesepimeron and second coxa.

Metinfraepisternum: in Odonata; the sclerite just above base of 3d coxa; below metepisternum and before metepimeron.

Epilabrum: a sclerite at each side of the labrum: specifically applied in myriapods.

Prae-scutellum: a sclerite, rarely present, between the meso-scutum and meso-scutellum.

Prosternum: the fore-breast: the sclerite between the fore-legs.

Metepisternum: in Odonata, is the sclerite between the first and second lateral thoracic sutures.

Metasternal episterna: sclerite situated on each side of the metasternum, immediately behind the mesosternum epimera.

Word Value for sclerite
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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