sclerite
noun
scler·ite
ˈskler-ˌīt 
: a hard chitinous or calcareous plate, piece, or spicule (as of the arthropod integument)
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Each sclerite is approximately a tenth of a millimeter long.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Sometimes all experts have to work with are small, hard parts of the coral structure called sclerites.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
This debate is still ongoing, so its evolution can’t tell us much about how the hinge and the sclerites operate.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2024
Dude and biglebowski have sclerites that have different shapes.
—WIRED, 6 Mar. 2023
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Sometimes all experts have to work with are small, hard parts of the coral structure called sclerites.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
This debate is still ongoing, so its evolution can’t tell us much about how the hinge and the sclerites operate.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2024
Dude and biglebowski have sclerites that have different shapes.
—WIRED, 6 Mar. 2023
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“Sclerite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sclerite. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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