EGAVE

exoskeleton

About 0.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.
  2. noun A wearable robotic machine used for aided or augmented mobility.

Similar words

chitinous ectoskeleton sclerite dermoskeleton semiexoskeleton dermatoskeleton exocuticle exoderm procuticle ecdysis

Often followed by

of is and in that to or which has

Word family

exoskeletal exoskeletons

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