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exoskeleton

/ek-soh-skel-i-tn/US // ˌɛk soʊˈskɛl ɪ tn //UK // (ˌɛksəʊˈskɛlɪtən) //

外骨骼,外骨架,外挂,外部骨骼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Zoology.

    • : an external covering or integument, especially when hard, as the shells of crustaceans.

Examples

  • What’s happening, Boyes explains, isn’t that the caterpillars are actually ending their growth with more meat in their exoskeleton.

  • Fossil exoskeletons of whole beetles lack the joints needed to fully classify them.

  • The whole beetles’ fossilized exoskeletons lacked the joints needed for classification, but by piecing together the fragmented beetles, the researchers were able to reconstruct these features.

  • I eat cicadas that are alive with fluttering wings, dead cicadas that are stiff and dried-out, partially molted cicadas frozen in their exoskeletons, and I especially enjoy eating moist cicada nymphs fresh out of the ground.

  • In addition to littering the ground with exoskeletons, in their frenzied quest for mates, cicadas make a ton of noise.

  • Today anyone (with the budget) can buy a ReWalk Robotic Exoskeleton for roughly $85,000.

  • The exoskeleton in Brazil was described as “mind-controlled,” but it is important to understand exactly what that means.

  • A key concept with an exoskeleton is that it restores control to the user.

  • The term exoskeleton refers to the hard outer shell found on insects and certain animals like grasshoppers and crabs.

  • Another strategy to restore walking is to use an exoskeleton.

  • This exoskeleton differs from the main or axial skeleton of the higher animals, the latter being inside of the body.

  • The exoskeleton is composed of plates of carbonate of lime, called ossicles, which cover the surface of the body.

  • Exoskeleton: Outside framework or support, differing from a true skeleton which lies inside the body.

  • The exoskeleton as in the Heterostraci consists of shields and scales, the shields being divisible into three layers.

  • The exoskeleton is formed of bony plates, the dorsal and ventral shields each consisting of several symmetrically arranged pieces.