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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sclerite \Scle"rite\ (skl[=e]"r[imac]t), n. (Zool.)
   A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle,
   especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sclerite
    n 1: hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods