OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19322

exoskeleton

Meanings (ES + gloss)
dermatoesqueleto • exoesqueleto
A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.
Ordinarily, allergy to animals is due to either their fine dander which becomes aerosolized or to the exoskeleta, pupae, or feces of their ectoparasites.
This is the case not only with all forms provided with exoskeleta and endoskeleta, into the composition of which lime largely enters, but also with those which exercise the precipi…