'Sclerite' definitions:

Definition of 'sclerite'

(from WordNet)
noun
Hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods

Definition of 'Sclerite'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]