'Hypoderma' definitions:
Definition of 'Hypoderma'
(from WordNet)
noun
In some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies [syn: Hypoderma, genus Hypoderma]
Definition of 'Hypoderma'
From: GCIDE
- Hypoderma \Hyp`o*der"ma\, n. [NL. See Hypo, and derma.]
- 1. (Bot.) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates. [1913 Webster]