exoskeleton

English

Etymology

From exo- +‎ skeleton.

Noun

exoskeleton (plural exoskeletons)

(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.

Derived terms

exoskeletal

Translations

hard outer structure

Arabic: هَيْكَل خَارِجِيّ‎‎ (haykal ḵārijiyy)
Breton: ezrelegenn
Catalan: exosquelet (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 外骨骼 (zh) (wàigǔgé)
Esperanto: eksoskeleto
Estonian: välisskelett, eksoskelett
Finnish: ulkoinen tukiranka
French: exosquelette (fr) m
German: Exoskelett (de) n
Greek: εξωσκελετός (el) m (exoskeletós)
Ido: exoskeleto
Indonesian: rangka luar, eksoskeleton
Italian: esoscheletro m
Japanese: 外骨格 (ja) (がいこっかく, gaikokkaku)

Korean: 외골격 (oegolgyeok)
Lithuanian: egzoskeletas m
Maori: angawaho
Polish: szkielet zewnętrzny m, egzoszkielet m
Portuguese: exosqueleto (pt) m, exoesqueleto (pt) m
Russian: экзоскеле́т (ru) m (ekzoskelét)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: egzoskelet (sh) m
Slovak: exoskelet m
Slovene: zunanji skelet, eksoskelet
Spanish: exoesqueleto (es) m
Tagalog: kalansay-panlabas
Turkish: dış iskelet
Vietnamese: bộ xương ngoài

See also

endoskeleton

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